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Highway 61 Revisited: Bob Dylan’s Road from Minnesota to the World
Colleen J. Sheehy (Ed.)
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Description for Highway 61 Revisited: Bob Dylan’s Road from Minnesota to the World
Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehy, Colleen; Swiss, Thomas. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
New essays consider Dylan’s latest work, his Minnesota roots, and his global reach
The young man from Hibbing released Highway 61 Revisited in 1965, and the rest, as they say, is history. Or is it? From his roots in Hibbing, to his rise as a cultural icon in New York, to his prominence on the worldwide stage, Colleen J. Sheehy and Thomas Swiss bring together the most eminent Dylan scholars at work today—as well as people from such far-reaching fields as labor history, African American studies, and Japanese studies—to assess Dylan’s career, influences, and his global impact on music and culture.
The ... Read moreThe first cultural and historical geography of his dramatic rise, storied career, and unmatched iconic status, Highway 61 Revisited maps the terrain of Bob Dylan’s music in the world.Contributors: John Barner, U of Georgia; Daphne Brooks, Princeton U; Court Carney, Stephen F. Austin State U; Alessandro Carrera, U of Houston; Michael Cherlin, U of Minnesota; Marilyn J. Chiat; Susan Clayton; Mick Cochrane, Canisius College; Thomas Crow, New York U; Kevin J. H. Dettmar, Pomona College, Carbondale; Sumanth Gopinath, U of Minnesota; Charles Hughes; C. P. Lee, U of Salford, Manchester, England; Alex Lubet, U of Minnesota; Greil Marcus, U of California, Berkeley; Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Pennsylvania State U; Roberto Polito, The New School; Robert Reginio, Frostburg State U; Heather Stur, U of Southern Mississippi; Mikiko Tachi, Chiba U, Japan; Gayle Wald, George Washington U; Anne Waldman, Naropa U; David Yaffe, Syracuse U. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816661008
SKU
V9780816661008
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About Colleen J. Sheehy (Ed.)
Thomas Swiss is professor of culture and teaching at the University of Minnesota. His books include Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture and New Media Poetics: Contexts, Technotexts, and Theories.
Reviews for Highway 61 Revisited: Bob Dylan’s Road from Minnesota to the World
From Library Journal This new collection of scholarly articles on Bob Dylan proves that there are new angles from which to approach his life, his artistic evolution, and his unmatched influence on music and culture. Dylan is inarguably one of the most dissected and discussed artists, musical or otherwise, of the last half-century, and these 20 distinctive, thoughtful, and erudite ... Read more