Real Men Don't Sing: Crooning in American Culture

The crooner Rudy Vall e's soft, intimate, and sensual vocal delivery simultaneously captivated millions of adoring fans...
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Author: Allison McCracken
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Real Men Don't Sing: Crooning in American Culture by McCracken, Allison

Real Men Don't Sing: Crooning in American Culture

$584.80

Real Men Don't Sing: Crooning in American Culture

$584.80
Author: Allison McCracken
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The crooner Rudy Vall e's soft, intimate, and sensual vocal delivery simultaneously captivated millions of adoring fans and drew harsh criticism from those threatened by his sensitive masculinity. Although Vall e and other crooners reflected the gender fluidity of late-1920s popular culture, their challenge to the Depression era's more conservative masculine norms led cultural authorities to stigmatize them as gender and sexual deviants. In Real Men Don't Sing Allison McCracken outlines crooning's history from its origins in minstrelsy through its development as the microphone sound most associated with white recording artists, band singers, and radio stars. She charts early crooners' rise and fall between 1925 and 1934, contrasting Rudy Vall e with Bing Crosby to demonstrate how attempts to contain crooners created and dictated standards of white masculinity for male singers. Unlike Vall e, Crosby survived the crooner backlash by adapting his voice and persona to adhere to white middle-class masculine norms. The effects of these norms are felt to this day, as critics continue to question the masculinity of youthful, romantic white male singers. Crooners, McCracken shows, not only were the first pop stars: their short-lived yet massive popularity fundamentally changed American culture.

Author: Allison McCracken
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 09/25/2015
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780822359364


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 98
Choice 05/01/2016

About the Author
Allison McCracken is Associate Professor of American Studies at DePaul University.

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