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In a case of life imitates art, an entire field of Elvis studies has sprung up since the idea of such a discipline was first put forward in Don Delillo's 1985 novel White Noise. While much of the literature in this area is dry regurgitation of contemporary critical theories applied dogmatically to Elvis's career, life, and influence, In Search of Elvis takes a more personal approach. Though it is every bit as intellectually rigorous as more purely academic works, it is also full of readable and original essays that focus on their authors' relation to the Elvis phenomenon. Will Campbell talks about his "redneck" background and how Elvis came to be the paradigm of that culture; Howard Finster, a folk artist whose work often features Elvis, writes a sermon on "Alvis," his religionized version of the King; and Ernst Jorgenson tells what it was like to be a Danish Elvis fan in the early '60s. Other essays focus on race, sexuality, and other such trendy topics without becoming simple exercises in the application of fashionable theories.
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Good news for Elvoids! The latest entry for the discriminating worshiper rises from the ashes of an academic conference and consists of essays reflecting the range of academic inquiry about the King. Highlights include M. Gottdiener's "Dead Elvis as Other Jesus," Elvis MacLeod's "Generation E," and Peter Nazareth's imaginative "Elvis as Anthology" (Nazareth, by the way, teaches a graduate-level seminar on Elvis--so there!). Less academic, perhaps, but equally important to pop-culture fans are editor Chadwick's transcription of a presentation by former Presley flunky Gene Smith (author of Elvis' Man Friday [1994]) and world's-number-one-Elvis-fan Paul MacLeod's "Why I'm the World's Number One Elvis Fan." Lavishly illustrated and featuring a cornucopia of documentation in the 35 pages of endnotes, this may be the perfect jumping-off point for research into the King's life and larger-than-life impact. Suitable for Elvis-intensive and Elvis-curious collections everywhere. Mike Tribby
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