Here, for the first time anywhere, is a precise measurement of a celebrity's impact on American culture. This annotated, highly readable listing details the verified book titles, magazines, dissertations, and significant articles about Elvis Presley. The entries show that Elvis was more than just a popular-culture phenomenon. Besides documentation of his concerts, the food he ate, and posthumous Elvis sightings, here is the proof of Elvis's impact on every aspect of American life: his invention of rock 'n' roll; his spurring of the sexual revolution; his influence on the civil rights movement; how his death changed the media's treatment of celebrities; and how a new religion devoted to Elvis has become part of the mainstream.
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Hinds, a journalist who has acted as an Elvis Presley consultant for NBC, the New York Times, and other media outlets, combines scrupulous research with 45 years as an Elvis fan to compile the most exhaustive bibliography of the King to date. Over 1700 book and magazine article entries run the gamut from standard biographies to Elvis comic books, cookbooks, travel guides, and dissertations. (Notable omissions include record reviews, deemed by Hinds to be "not about Elvis per se," and Internet resources/web sites.) The annotations are often evaluative and note the presence of footnotes, indexes, photographs, and bibliographies. Hinds takes pains to separate Elvis fact from legend by detailing which titles get the facts right and which perpetuate inaccuracies. Each entry is verified by at least one of five criteria, which include being "catalogued in a public, national, or academic library" and "listed in a credible database such as the OCLC." While OCLC numbers are sometimes given as the verification source, often a Library of Congress and/or Dewey Decimal classification number are provided when an LC or other database control number would be stronger identification. Entries are scattered among no fewer than 48 categories, with many of these further divided into subcategories, making a good index (not seen) crucial for finding specific authors or titles. The care in assembling this work is apparent, and though the annotations and chapter introductions make great reading, this resource will primarily appeal to serious Elvis fans and scholars. Lloyd Jansen, Stockton-San Joaquin Co. P.L., CA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"This book, with its amazing detail, is probably more valuable than any of the works it lists." -- Stanley Booth, author of The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones
"a scholarly, detailed, accurate chronicle of writings about the century's most controversial artist...a major reference work, both for fans and scholars" -- Charles Wolfe, author of A Good-Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry
The best bibliography on Elvis Presley's life and career published to date. -- Choice
"a scholarly, detailed, accurate chronicle of writings about the century's most controversial artist...a major reference work, both for fans and scholars" -- Charles Wolfe, author of A Good-Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry
The best bibliography on Elvis Presley's life and career published to date. -- Choice
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Ground-breaking, useful and fun to read,
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This review is from: Infinite Elvis: An Annotated Bibliography (Paperback)
One of the most intelligent and well-written books about Elvis Presley. Hinds proves her theory - that Elvis is one of the most impactful individuals in the last half of the 20th century - in a thorough, effective manner that is entertaining as well. Her writing is a delight to read! She covers every aspect of Elvis' impact through almost everything that has ever been written about him. Very useful, as well as fun to read.
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Enhanced with more than 1,700 verified entries,
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Mary Hinds' Infinite Elvis: An Annotated Bibliography offers her readers a precise measurement of the impact Elvis Presley has had on the American popular culture both as a performer and as an icon. The informative, reader friendly text is enhanced with more than 1,700 verified entries ranging from biographies to discographies, fiction to travel guides, poetry to comic books, major articles to dissertations. Here documented are his concerts, his eating habits, posthumous Elvis sightings, how his death changed the media's treatment of celebrities, even how a new religion devoted to Elvis emerged to become part of mainstream America. Infinite Elvis is essential reading and a very highly recommended reference for all personal, academic, and community library popular culture, music history, and Elvis Presley reference collections.
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This book contains some good informations on books written about ELVIS.I'm french and a huge ELVIS fan. I get about 180 books about him and I found some more in this book. So it's very interesting for any Elvis fan.
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