Our white whale, Elvis; or democracy sighted

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America's continuing fascination with the Elvis Presley mystique reveals much about the complex cultural realities of popular culture in the US. In many ways, the latter-day elevation of Elvis to the level of cultural icon makes the man, the myth around him and his music a valuable reference point in the analysis of American cultural epistemology. Among the many features of the Elvis phenomenon, none perhaps is as striking as the fact that Elvis was one of the first mainstream acts to meld country music with black music at a time when the US was dealing with the need to desegregate its society.

Social aspects, Analysis, Heroes, Segregation

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Dying to be black: White-to-Black racial passing in Chesnutt's "Mars Jeems's Nightmare", Griffin's Black Like Me, and Van Peebles's Watermelon Man

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The particular brand of the phenomenon of white-to-black passing, used for the theme constructed in the general books, is discussed. The classic passing narratives, including Charles Chesnutt's The House Behind the Cedars, are being revived.

United States, Evaluation, Criticism and interpretation, Works, American literature, The House Behind the Cedars (Novel), Chesnutt, Charles

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Our white whale; or democracy sighted

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Personalities, Brown, James (American musician)

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