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"Examines Gene Autry's use of recordings, personal appearances, rodeo, radio, film, and television to create a major entertainment personality and public diplomat. Autry utilized his persona to publicly support Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and foreign policy initiatives leading up to World War II. Duchemin shows the connections between popular culture, political policy, and public diplomacy that emerged in the 1930s"--Provided by publisher.
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Motion pictures, Music and diplomacy, Country music, New Deal, 1933-1939, Political and social views, Country musicians, Biography, Motion picture actors and actresses, Singers, Arts and diplomacy, Popular culture, Foreign relations, History, Autry, gene, 1907-1998, Motion picture actors and actresses, united states, Motion pictures, biography, Singers, biography, Motion pictures, united states, Motion pictures, political aspects, Popular culture, united states, New deal, 1933-1939People
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Table of Contents
Introduction. America's ace cowboy
Country-Western hybrid music
Musical-Western hybrid film
New Deal, new West
The second New Deal
The Good Neighbor Policy
Western Hemisphere idea
Youth's model, 1940
Sergeant Gene Autry
Conclusion. New Deal cowboy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-301), web resources (pages 301-302), videography (pages 302-304), and index.
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