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Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession

  • Author: Marcus, Greil
Marcus's rapt attention to what Elvis continues to mean is both transmitted and justified in a splendid piece of critical art ... a marvelous and profane book about a cultural symbol of cultural... More…

Book

$40.25

Printed on demand

Estimated despatch time 7 - 10 days

Contents

  • Part 1 Pre-dead Elvis: jungle music - the all-time all-star 1950s rock 'n' roll movie
  • king death. Part 2 The absence of Elvis: Elvis - the ashtray
  • duets
  • tale from the crypt
  • the myth behind the truth behind the legend
  • the road away from Graceland
  • a view of Graceland - the absence of Elvis. Part 3 The return of Elvis Presley: the last breakfast
  • never bet the devil your head gallery
  • the king of rhythm and blues
  • good book on Elvis published - shocking truth revealed
  • ten years after - death on the installment plan. Part 4 Still dead: the man who wasn't Elvis
  • emanations, sightings, disappearances, or a seance of 18 mediums
  • a corpse in your mouth - adventures of a metaphor, or modern cannibalism
  • still dead - Elvis Presley without music.