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Article: Images of Elvis Presley in American Culture, 1977-1997: The Mystery Terrain

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Images of Elvis Presley in American Culture, 19771997: The Mystery Terrain. George Plasketes. New York: Haworth Press, 1997.

Auburn University Professor George Plasketes has drafted a thoughtful afterlife biography of American popular culture's primary musical icon, Elvis Presley. This free-wheeling overview explores motifs, messages, metaphors, memorabilia, and the many, many mysteries surrounding Elvis beyond his August 16, 1977, demise. Plasketes is literate, but irreverent; he is also analytical, but humorous. The explosion of the Presley myth and the commercialization of everything Elvis are fodder for the author's cultural analysis and sociological pursuit. Whether a paean to ...

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