Going my way : Bing Crosby and American culture /
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| Imprint: | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press ; [Hempstead, NY] : Hofstra University, 2007. |
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| Description: | xxi, 202 p., [3] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6647368 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Bing Crosby-Nothing Is What It Seems
- Part 1. Theoretical Perspectives on Crosby
- 1. Analogies of Ignorance in Going My Way
- 2. Going My Way?: Crosby and Catholicism on the Road to America
- 3. Saint Bing: Apatheia, Masculine Desire, and the Films of Bing Crosby
- 4. Bing on a Binge: Casting-Against-Type in The Country Girl
- Part 2. Cultural Perspectives on Crosby
- 5. Bing Crosby: Rock 'n' Roll Godfather
- 6. American Archetypes: How Crosby and Hope Became Hollywood's Greatest Comedy Team
- 7. Crosby at Paramount: From Crooner to Actor
- 8. Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, and Ichabod Crane
- 9. A Couple of Song and Dance Men: Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire
- 10. Rivalries: The Mutual Mentoring of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra
- 11. From Crooner to American Icon: Caricatures of Bing Crosby in American Cartoons from the 1930s to the 1950s
- Part 3. Historical Perspectives on Crosby
- 12. Not Just "The Crooner": Bing Crosby's Research and Business Endeavors in World War II
- 13. Bing's Entertainment and War Bond Sales Activities During World War II
- 14. Bing Crosby's Magnetic Tape Revolution
- 15. The Bing Crosby Fan Clubs
- Conclusion: Bing Crosby-Architect of Twentieth-Century Style
- Personal Comments
- Sing, Bing, Sing
- Thoughts on Relationships: Father, Son, Grandson
- The Real Bing Crosby
- Selected Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Index
