| Autor: |
Lott, Eric, Stecopoulos, Harry, Uebel, Michael |
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Race & the Subject of Masculinities; 1997, p192-227, 35p |
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This article examines the aspect of masculinity among Elvis Presley impersonators in the U.S. In a country of simulation and deceit, a Joe Elvis or Elvis Little may seem another instance of the chronic ache of "hyperreality." The novel Stark Raving Elvis, by William McCranor Henderson tells the story of an Elvis impersonator lost to madness because of his overinvestment in the fiber-optically-circulated image of Elvis. However, for African American pop groups like Public Enemy or Living Colour, fakery in this case means a performer who get more from African American culture than he gave. The art of impersonation is built on a contradiction. Appreciation, deference, spectatorship and emulation compete with inhabitation, aggression, usurpation and vampirism. In Elvis impersonation there is an unsteady but continual oscillation between these stances. |
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