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Frank Sinatra was only one of a handful of popular entertainers who dominated Western popular culture for six decades.

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'Chris Rojek's study Frank Sinatra is simply brilliant. It is far and away the best study of Sinatra and a U.S. popular singer that I have read. While there are a small row of classics on the great rock singers, pop performers like Sinatra have mainly received celebrity gossip treatment. Rojek's study however, deeply probes Sinatra's celebrity status, including his singing career, his film work, his nightclub and concert tours, his connections with major politicians, and more notoriously, with the Mafia and a series of highly publicized sex scandals.' Doug Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles

Table of Contents
Preface.

Introduction.

1. Frank's World.

2. Uomo Di Rispetto.

3. Antinomies of Achieved Celebrity.

4. The Rat Pack.

5. Envoi.

Notes.

References.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 29/07/2004
      ISBN13: 9780745630908, 978-0745630908
      ISBN10: 0745630901
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Frank Sinatra was only one of a handful of popular entertainers who dominated Western popular culture for six decades.

      Trade Review
      'Chris Rojek's study Frank Sinatra is simply brilliant. It is far and away the best study of Sinatra and a U.S. popular singer that I have read. While there are a small row of classics on the great rock singers, pop performers like Sinatra have mainly received celebrity gossip treatment. Rojek's study however, deeply probes Sinatra's celebrity status, including his singing career, his film work, his nightclub and concert tours, his connections with major politicians, and more notoriously, with the Mafia and a series of highly publicized sex scandals.' Doug Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      Introduction.

      1. Frank's World.

      2. Uomo Di Rispetto.

      3. Antinomies of Achieved Celebrity.

      4. The Rat Pack.

      5. Envoi.

      Notes.

      References.

      Index.

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