Johnny Cash and the paradox of American identity

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Cash as contradiction

1: What is truth?: authenticity and persona

2: Boy named Sue: American manhood

3: Gender and "the beast in me": ramblers and rockabillies authenticity and persona

4: Race and identity politics

5: Man in black: class and national mythologies

6: Gospel road: Cash as saint and sinner

Conclusion: God's gonna cut you down: cultural legacies

Notes

Works cited

Index.

Introduction : Cash as contradiction

"What is truth?" : authenticity and persona

"A boy named Sue" : American manhood

Gender and "the beast in me" : ramblers and rockabillies authenticity and persona

Race and identity politics

Man in black : class and national mythologies

The gospel road : Cash as saint and sinner

Conclusion : "God's gonna cut you down" : cultural legacies.