Frank Sinatra
Subtitle: history, identity, and Italian American culture
By: edited by Stanislao G. Pugliese
Contributors: Pugliese, Stanislao G., 1965-
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Italian & Italian American studies; Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Sinatra, Frank, -- 1915-1998; Sinatra, Frank, -- 1915-1998 -- Political and social views; Singers -- United States -- Biography; Italian Americans -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Genres: Biography
Description: "In this volume of new essays, a gathering of distinguished historians, journalists, and critics explore Frank Sinatra's impact on American culture, addressing a number of facets of this deeply complicated man. Topics include Sinatra's civil rights activism, his political swing from left to right, his relationship to ethnic stereotypes of Italian Americans, and his contribution to an American model of masculinity. The insights in these essays place Sinatra at the fulcrum of many controversial and timely issues, helping to explain why his presence continues to loom so large in the American imagination."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and index