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In Search of Elvis Music, Race, Art, Religion (review)

In Search of Elvis Music, Race, Art, Religion (review) In Search of Elvis Music, Race, Art, Religion Edited by Vernon Chadwick Westview Press, 1 997 294 pp. Paper, $16.50 Reviewed by William McCranor Henderson, visiting assistant professor of English at North Carolina State University. He is also a novelist {Stark Raving Elvis, I Killed Hemingway), whose latest book, /, Elvis: Confessions ofa Counterfeit King, is a memoir of his experiences as an Elvis impersonator. In 1995 the highly publicized First International Conference on Elvis Presley sent a clear message: Elvis was entering the academy with all the eclectic fanfare that had made him King of Rock 'n' Roll. Though controversial, academic status for Elvis seemed appropriate, since his presence had long been felt everywhere else. But with its proximity to the long-established Faulkner Conference, which preceded it by one week at Ole Miss, there seemed to be something cheeky about the event. Hadn't one of its organizers, Vernon Chadwick, already tweaked the traditionalists by giving equal status to Elvis and Melville in a course nicknamed "Melvis"? In Search ofElvish Chadwick's edition of the major proceedings ofthat first conference (two more conferences followed), an array of scholarly and nonscholarly presentations that manages to convey both the attractiveness of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

In Search of Elvis Music, Race, Art, Religion (review)

Henderson, William McCranor.
Southern Cultures , Volume 4 (2) – Jan 4, 1998
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In Search of Elvis Music, Race, Art, Religion Edited by Vernon Chadwick Westview Press, 1 997 294 pp. Paper, $16.50 Reviewed by William McCranor Henderson, visiting assistant professor of English at North Carolina State University. He is also a novelist {Stark Raving Elvis, I Killed Hemingway), whose latest book, /, Elvis: Confessions ofa Counterfeit King, is a memoir of his experiences as an Elvis impersonator. In 1995 the highly publicized First International Conference on Elvis Presley sent a clear message: Elvis was entering the academy with all the eclectic fanfare that had made him King of Rock 'n' Roll. Though controversial, academic status for Elvis seemed appropriate, since his presence had long been felt everywhere else. But with its proximity to the long-established Faulkner Conference, which preceded it by one week at Ole Miss, there seemed to be something cheeky about the event. Hadn't one of its organizers, Vernon Chadwick, already tweaked the traditionalists by giving equal status to Elvis and Melville in a course nicknamed "Melvis"? In Search ofElvish Chadwick's edition of the major proceedings ofthat first conference (two more conferences followed), an array of scholarly and nonscholarly presentations that manages to convey both the attractiveness of

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Published: Jan 4, 1998

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