TY - BOOK ID - 123670013 TI - Shades of Springsteen : Politics, Love, Sports, and Masculinity. PY - 2021 SN - 1978816200 1978816170 PB - New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Rock music KW - Political aspects KW - Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey, music, artist, biography, memoir, Jersey rock, masculinity, American icon, Bruce Springsteen biography, Born in the U.S.A, Patriotism, Nixon, E Street Band, rock music, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Jersey Shore, Born to Run, working class roots, The Boss, working-class America, Rolling Stone. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:123670013 AB - One of the secrets to Bruce Springsteen’s enduring popularity over the past fifty years is the way fans feel a deep personal connection to his work. Yet even as the connection often stays grounded in details from his New Jersey upbringing, Springsteen’s music references a rich array of personalities from John Steinbeck to Amadou Diallo and beyond, inspiring fans to seek out and connect with a whole world’s worth of art, literature, and life stories. In this unique blend of memoir and musical analysis, John Massaro reflects on his experiences as a lifelong fan of The Boss and one of the first professors to design a college course on Springsteen’s work. Focusing on five of the Jersey rocker’s main themes—love, masculinity, sports, politics, and the power of music—he shows how they are represented in Springsteen’s lyrics and shares stories from his own life that powerfully resonate with those lyrics. Meanwhile, paying tribute to Springsteen’s inclusive vision, he draws connections among figures as seemingly disparate as James Joyce, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Aquinas, Bobby Darin, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Shades of Springsteen offers a deeply personal take on the musical and cultural legacies of an American icon. ER -