Real Men Don't Sing: Crooning in American Culture

Author/Contributor(s):	McCracken, Allison
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	09/25/2015
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Allison McCracken charts the rise and fall of crooners between 1925 and 1934, showing how the backlash against crooners' perceived sexual and gender deviance created stylistically masculine norms for white male pop singers that continue to exist today.