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PUBLICATIONS


The publications listed here consist mainly of conference papers, journal articles, essays and other scholarly works. A few books may be included, especially conference proceedings.

Publications are listed alphabetically by author

Author and Title Affiliations Availability
Beagley, Piers Elvis Information Network
  • "The First Cut is the Deepest - Elvis on the Creative Edge", 2003-4

Beaman, Roderick T.
  • "Why Elvis Matters", 2003-4

Bertrand, Michael T. University of Mississippi - Visiting assistant professor of American history and southern studies.
  • Race, Rock and Elvis, 2000
    Based on PhD dissertation.

Chadwick, Vernon University of Mississippi (to 2000?)
Organiser of four international conferences on Elvis Presley
  • "In Search of Elvis: Music, Race, Art, Religion", Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997
    [Conference proceedings]

Colgan, Maurice P.
  • "Elvis Presley and the Media", 2003-4

Davidson, Jim
  • "The Pilgrimage to Elvis Presley's Graceland", 2003-4

Devine, Thomas W.
  • "Elvis Presley and his Adolescent Audience,"
    Conference Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Children's History Conference, February 22, 2002, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.
Department of History, California State University
Resume.
Doss, Erika University of Colorado, Boulder.
Erika Director of the American Studies program and professor of fine arts.
  • "Elvis Culture: Fans, Faith, and Image"
    University Press of Kansas, 1999 (hardback) ISBN 0-7006-0948-2; 2004 ISBN 0-7006-1337-4 (paperback)

Enders, Gary
  • "Press Media Reaction to the Death of Elvis Aaron Presley in August 1977 ", 2003-4

  • "Elvis: Cultural Influence, Intolerance and Political Correctness!", 2003-4

Fink, Robert
  • "Elvis Everywhere: Musicology and Popular Music Studies at the Twilight of the Canon",
    American Music, Summer 1998.
    Expanded version of a paper originally delivered at a 1996 conference on "Representing Rock" sponsored by the English department of an East Coast university. Covers musicology versus cultural studies, analysis versus interpretation.

Fraser, Benson P. and William J. Brown
  • "Media, Celebrities, and Social Influence: Identification With Elvis Presley"
    Mass Communication & Society 2002, Vol. 5, No. 2, Pages 183-206

Gottdiener, Mark Department of Sociology, University at Buffalo
Contact: mgott@acsu.buffalo.edu
  • "Dead Elvis as Other Jesus"
    Chapter 16 in V. Chadwick, ed., In Search of Elvis: Music, Race, Art, Religion, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997

Gregory, Mark and Janice
  • "When Elvis died: Enshrining a Legend"
    Chapter 17 in V. Chadwick, ed., In Search of Elvis: Music, Race, Art, Religion, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997

Hall, Roger
  • "Shake, Rattle and Roll": Bill Randle and Electric Elvis", 2003-4

Klein, Daniel
  • "Those Swivelling Hips: Elvis, "Sphilkes", & Gospel Ecstasy", 2003-4

Klinkmann, Sven-Erik Research fellow, Department of Comparative Religion and Folkloristics, Abo Akademi.
  • Elvis Presley - The Carnivalistic King
    (Doctoral thesis)

  • unknown
Lardas, John
  • "Graceland: An Analysis of Sacred Space on the American Religious Landscape" (Fall 1995)"
  • "The Cultural Meaning of Elvis Presley" (Fall 1995)
  • "Presley and America: Religion and the Popular Marketplace" (Spring 1995)
Department of Religion, Haverford College, PA
  • unknown
Lester, Cheryl University of Kansas
  • "Make Room for Elvis"

  • unknown
Lott, Eric Speakers for the American Studies Association
  • "The Half-Life of Elvis Presley: Spirit-Worship and Impersonation"

University of Virginia

Eric Lott received his PhD from Columbia University and has taught American Studies at the University of Virginia since 1990.
  • unknown
MacDougall, Susan University of Canberra (retired)

Before retirement, Susan MacDougall was a lecturer in Library and Information Studies at the University of Canberra. She now teaches short courses at the University of the Third Age (U3A) in Canberra on such topics as: "Elvis Presley as a 20th Century Phenomenon"; "Elvis Presley: the Music is the Message"; "Elvis Movies: Light-hearted Fun or Sinister Undercurrents?"
  • "Elvis Presley: hero with a thousand faces"
    Paper presented at the National Elvis Presley Convention, Canberra, November 2004.

  • "Pieces of My Life: the ongoing struggle to improve book indexing, as exemplified in biographies of Elvis Presley" 2003

  • "Bone Cancer or Alpha-1 Panniculitis?" November 2002

Nazareth, Peter Peter Nazareth is Professor of English and African American World Studies at the University of Iowa.
  • "Elvis as Anthology"
  • "Elvis and Vietnam" in "Elvis Memphis Style/GracelandŐs Rising Star"
  • "Teaching Elvis and the Boat People" in "Confluence"

  • Contact the Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau for bookings.
Neale, David
  • "Inhibition, Prohibition, Exhibition", 2003-4

  • "The Virtual Fan", 2003-4

Patterson, Nigel Elvis Information Network

Nigel Patterson is President of the Elvis Information Network and author and co-author of three books about Elvis, with another two books planned for release in 2005.
  • "Elvis Sightings and Faith: making sense of the seemingly absurd"
    Paper presented at the National Elvis Presley Convention, Canberra, November 2004.

  • "The Elvis Film Legacy: 'B' Grade Formula Celluloid - Truth or Myth?", 2003-4

Rodman, Gilbert R.
  • Elvis After Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend. New York and London: Routledge, 1996.
Department of Communication, University of South Florida. Gil Rodman's major research/teaching interests are in cultural studies and media studies. Resume.
Silver, Murray
  • "When Elvis Meets the Dalai Lama"
Conference program containing details of the paper

Murray Silver is a fifth generation Savannahian. At age 16, he began promoting rock concerts in Atlanta, bringing many future super-groups to the city for the first time. In 1982, Murray published his first book, Great balls of Fire: The uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis, which was adapted to the big screen in 1989. The following year he undertook the autobiography of Dr. George Nichopoulos, personal physician to Elvis Presley and the man widely regarded for the singers death. Their book, Who Killed Elvis Presley? turned into an international scandal before it could be published and remains in limbo.
  • unknown
Walker, John
  • "Social Interaction: Decline of the Traditional Rationale for Joining an Elvis Fan Club", 2003-4

Webster, Aaron
  • "Tonight Memphis, Tomorrow the World ", 2003-4

  • ""Don't Pitch That Presley Picture Prop!", 2003-4

  • "Farewell To An Audio Visionary", 2003-4





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