New Deal cowboy
Subtitle: Gene Autry and public diplomacy
By: Michael Duchemin
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780806153926
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Motion pictures; Music and diplomacy; Country music; New Deal, 1933-1939; Political and social views; Country musicians; Biography; Motion picture actors and actresses; Singers; Arts and diplomacy; Popular culture; Foreign relations; History
Other titles: Gene Autry and public diplomacy
Description: "Examines Gene Autry's use of recordings, personal appearances, rodeo, radio, film, and television to create a major entertainment personality and public diplomat. Autry utilized his persona to publicly support Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and foreign policy initiatives leading up to World War II. Duchemin shows the connections between popular culture, political policy, and public diplomacy that emerged in the 1930s"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-301), web resources (pages 301-302), videography (pages 302-304), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. America's ace cowboy; title: Country-Western hybrid music; title: Musical-Western hybrid film; title: New Deal, new West; title: The second New Deal; title: The Good Neighbor Policy; title: Western Hemisphere idea; title: Youth's model, 1940; title: Sergeant Gene Autry; title: Conclusion. New Deal cowboy.