Tempo: A Scarecrow Press Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture
offers titles that explore rock and popular music through the lens
of social and cultural history, revealing the dynamic relationship
between musicians, music, and their milieu. Like other major art
forms, rock and pop music comment on their cultural, political, and
even economic situation, reflecting technological advances,
psychological concerns, religious feelings, and artistic trends of
the times. Like other major musical artists, Bruce Springsteen's
work has reflected, revealed, and reacted to modern American
realities over the course of his forty-year career. Since releasing
his first record in 1973, Springsteen has sold more than a hundred
million albums worldwide, played thousands of concerts, and won
Grammy, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Academy awards. More importantly,
however, he is one of the few twentieth-century singer-songwriters
to serve as the voice of his generation, a defining artist whose
works reflect the values, dreams, and concerns of many Americans.
In Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet, Donald L.
Deardorff II explores the works of "The Boss," defining the exact
nature of Springsteen's cultural influence. With the release of
seventeen studio albums, Springsteen's influence and popularity
spans multiple generations. Deardorff classifies and explains
Springsteen's remarkable reception as it evolved from small
beginnings in the Jersey shore bars of the 1970s to worldwide fame
today. This book thoughtfully considers the trenchant commentary
Springsteen's albums make on the mythology of the American Dream,
working-class concerns, the changing character of American
masculinity, the relationship between Americans and their
government, the importance of social justice, and the evocation of
an American spirit. Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet
will appeal to more than just Springsteen fans. It describes
Springsteen as an apt critic of his own culture, whose music paints
literary portraits that uncover the realities of an American
society constantly evolving, while striving toward its own
betterment.
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