We Take Care of Our Own : Faith, Class, and Politics in the Art of Bruce Springsteen.

We Take Care of Our Own traces the evolution of Bruce Springsteen's beliefs, beginning with his New Jersey childhood and ending with his most recent works from Springsteen on Broadway to Letter to You. The author follows the singer's life, examining his albums and a variety of influences (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sawyers, June Skinner
Other Authors: Dubus III, Andre
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2024.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18530910
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Epigraphs
  • Contents
  • Introduction: In the Shadow of Plenty
  • 1. Workingman
  • 2. A Sense of Place
  • 3. Chapter and Verse
  • 4. The Good Book
  • 5. The Populist Imperative
  • 6. Hope and Dreams
  • 7. Left Behind
  • 8. An Absence of Things
  • 9. Jersey Cowboy
  • 10. Tomorrows and Yesterdays
  • Coda: Far beyond Today
  • Afterword by Andre Dubus III
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author