Going my way
Subtitle: Bing Crosby and American culture
By: edited by Ruth Prigozy and Walter Raubicheck.
Contributors: Prigozy, Ruth.; Raubicheck, Walter, 1950-
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781580462617
Subjects: Crosby, Bing, -- 1903-1977 -- Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Bing Crosby : nothing is what it seems / Gary Giddins; title: Theoretical perspectives on Crosby. Analogies of ignorance in Going my way / David E. White. Going my way? : Crosby and Catholicism on the road to America / Eric Michael Mazur. Bing in blackface : the minstrel tradition in Bing Crosby's musical and cinematic career / Kathryn T. Nicholson. Saint Bing : apatheia, masculine desire, and the films of Bing Crosby / Elaine Anderson Phillips. Bing on a binge : casting-against-type in The country girl / Linda A. Robinson; title: Cultural perspectives on Crosby. Bing Crosby, rock 'n' roll godfather / John Mark Dempsey. American archetypes : how Crosby and Hope became Hollywood's greatest comedy team / Walter Raubicheck. Crosby at Paramount : from crooner to actor / Bernard F. Dick. Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, and Ichabod Crane / Thomas Inge. A couple of song and dance men : Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire / Jeanne Fuchs. Rivalries : the mutual mentoring of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra / Samuel L. Chell. From crooner to American icon : caricatures of Bing Crosby in American cartoons from the 1930s to the 1950s / Stephen C. Shafer; title: Historical perspectives on Crosby. Not just "the crooner" : Bing Crosby's research and business endeavors in World War II / Deborah Dolan. Bing's entertainment and war bond sales activities during World War II / Malcolm Macfarlane. Bing Crosby's magnetic tape revolution / Martin McQuade and Pete Hammar. The Bing Crosby fan clubs / F.B. (Wig) Wiggins; title: Conclusion : Bing Crosby, architect of twentieth-century style / Will Friedwald; title: Personal comments. Sing Bing sing / Kathryn Crosby. Thoughts on relationships : father, son, grandson / Steven Crosby. The real Bing Crosby/ Ken Barnes.