The king of white trash culture: Elvis presley and the aesthetics of excess

White Trash: Race and Class in America

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 249-266

  Sweeney, Gael ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85073851634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203700648-22     Document Type: Chapter

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