Introduction. Bing Crosby : nothing is what it seems / Gary Giddins
Theoretical perspectives on Crosby. Analogies of ignorance in Going my way / David E. White. Going my way? : Crosby and Catholicism on the road to America / Eric Michael Mazur. Bing in blackface : the minstrel tradition in Bing Crosby's musical and cinematic career / Kathryn T. Nicholson. Saint Bing : apatheia, masculine desire, and the films of Bing Crosby / Elaine Anderson Phillips. Bing on a binge : casting-against-type in The country girl / Linda A. Robinson
Cultural perspectives on Crosby. Bing Crosby, rock 'n' roll godfather / John Mark Dempsey. American archetypes : how Crosby and Hope became Hollywood's greatest comedy team / Walter Raubicheck. Crosby at Paramount : from crooner to actor / Bernard F. Dick. Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, and Ichabod Crane / Thomas Inge. A couple of song and dance men : Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire / Jeanne Fuchs. Rivalries : the mutual mentoring of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra / Samuel L. Chell. From crooner to American icon : caricatures of Bing Crosby in American cartoons from the 1930s to the 1950s / Stephen C. Shafer
Historical perspectives on Crosby. Not just "the crooner" : Bing Crosby's research and business endeavors in World War II / Deborah Dolan. Bing's entertainment and war bond sales activities during World War II / Malcolm Macfarlane. Bing Crosby's magnetic tape revolution / Martin McQuade and Pete Hammar. The Bing Crosby fan clubs / F.B. (Wig) Wiggins
Conclusion : Bing Crosby, architect of twentieth-century style / Will Friedwald
Personal comments. Sing Bing sing / Kathryn Crosby. Thoughts on relationships : father, son, grandson / Steven Crosby. The real Bing Crosby/ Ken Barnes.
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Going my way : Bing Crosby and American culture. ISBN 9781580462617. Published by University of Rochester Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
