King Creole: The Disputed Territories of 1950s American Youth Culture
Author:   Anthony Thomas McKenna
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367481292


Pages:   124
Publication Date:   16 January 2026
Format:   Hardback
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King Creole: The Disputed Territories of 1950s American Youth Culture


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Author:   Anthony Thomas McKenna
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780367481292


ISBN 10:   0367481294
Pages:   124
Publication Date:   16 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Locating Elvis Presley in the Disputed Territories of 1950s Rock and Roll 1. Screening Elvis, Harnessing Elvisness 2. Packaging Youth: From A Stone for Danny Fisher to King Creole 3. Analysing King Creole: A Portrait of Grief, Hubris and Readjusting 4. Elvis and Wallis: Renegotiating Elvisness Conclusion

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Anthony Thomas McKenna is Senior Lecturer in Film at Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of Showman of the Screen: Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Promotion and co-author (with Andrew Spicer) of The Man Who Got Carter: Michael Klinger, Independent Production and the British Film Industry, 1960–1980. His other work has appeared in a variety of scholarly journals and edited collections.

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