Frank Sinatra and Popular Culture

LEONARD MUSTAZZA is Professor of English and American Studies at Penn State University. He is the author of The Critical Response to Kurt Vonnegut (1994), Ol' Blue Eyes: A Frank Sinatra Encyclopedia (1998), and the forthcoming Sinatra: An Annotated Bibliography, all published by Greenwood Press.

• PrefaceIntroduction by Leonard MustazzaCelebrity, American Culture, and Frank SinatraWhat's this about Races? by Frank SinatraLove in the Western World: Sinatra and the Conflict of Generations by T.H. AdamowskiThe Swinger and the Loser: Sinatra, Masculinity, and Fifties Culture by Roger GilbertBobby Sox and Blue Suede Shoes: Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley as Teen Idols by James F. SmithThe Composition of Celebrity: Sinatra as Text in the Liner Notes of Stan Cornyn by Gilbert L. GigliottiSinatra's Fans: Discussions in Three Tenses--The Past, the Present, and the Future by Ken HutchinsSinatra: Psychiatric Musings by Lloyd L. SpencerThe Troubadour as Modern HeroListening to Frank Sinatra by Gerald EarlyAt the Heart of American Music by Daniel OkrentFrank Sinatra and the Art of Recording by Charles L. GranataSinatra on Broadway by Philip FuriaSinatra and Jazz by Will FriedwaldSinatra and the Great American Style by Richard IaconelliTheology and Music in a Different Key: Meditations on Frank Sinatra and Eros in a Fallen World by Edmund N. SanturriPersonal ReminiscencesEye Witness by Stan CornynSinatra and the Atlantic City Connection by Richard AptA Kid in Line Who Made It Backstage by Bill BoggsSounds of Sinatra: A Conversation with Sid Mark by Charles L. GranataAppendix: Career HighlightsSelected BibliographyIndex