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Author:   Jim Cullen
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   Third Edition, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9781978838062

ISBN 10:   1978838069
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   15 March 2024
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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“Marshals impressive scholarship to assimilate the Boss into the main currents of American thought.”    -- A.O. Scott * The New York Times Book Review * “Jim Cullen writes with authority and empathy about the blue-collar roots that shaped Bruce Springsteen and gave rise to his music of rebellion. This is a provocative look at one of America’s cultural icons.”   -- Eleanor Clift * Newsweek * “Cullen’s line-by-line analysis of Bruce’s songs crackles with insight.” * New York Daily News * “In articulating what’s behind the vaguely red-white-and-blue sentiments that Springsteen’s songs so often evoke, he has written a book as unpretentious and good-hearted as its subject.” * Boston Phoenix * “This is a well-written, painstakingly researched, and surprisingly unpretentious book.” * Asbury Park Press * “Cullen’s unapologetic pursuit of deeper cultural meanings in Bruce Springsteen’s music and life is refreshing … he proves a sensitive interpreter of Springsteen’s work.” * Publisher’s Weekly * “Cullen’s study of Bruce Springsteen is a full-fledged cultural critique … his parting words, ‘When I listen to Bruce Springsteen, I remember how to be an American,’ finally ring true.” * Kirkus Reviews * “Offers illumination and thoughtful, discriminating observations about its myriad subjects. And it has aged almost as well as Nebraska.” -- Eric Alterman * The Nation *

Author Information

JIM CULLEN teaches at the recently founded upper division of Greenwich Country Day School. His many books include The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation as well as Those Were the Days: Why ‘All in the Family’ Still Matters, and Bridge & Tunnel Boys: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and the Metropolitan Sound of the American Century, both from Rutgers University Press.   

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