Katie Beisel Hollenbach

The Business of Bobbysoxers (eBook, PDF)

Cultural Production in 1940s Frank Sinatra Fandom

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an examination of World War II era Frank Sinatra fan communities in the United States, The Business of Bobbysoxers considers celebrity following, fan behavior, and popular music culture as a window into the lives of wartime female youth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197659199
• Artikelnr.: 72260678

Autorenporträt

Katie Beisel Hollenbach is a musicologist and graduate curriculum specialist at the University of Washington. She holds a PhD in Musicology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on popular music, technological mediation, and reception, and has appeared in the Journal of Popular Music Studies and Music and the Moving Image.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Teenage Girls in Wartime American Culture
2. Teenage Social Organizations
3. Finding "the Voice:" Organized Fandom as Political Platform
4. Fans as Critics and Material Culture Makers
5. Postwar Changes: A New Sinatra and the Decline of the Bobbysoxers
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index