Reports on a gathering of scholars and psychologists at Hofstra
University in New York in November 1998 to discuss the life and works of
Frank Sinatra. List of the papers that will be presented at the
event.
By
Robyn Fontes, published on November 01, 1998
ICONS
Frank Sinatra has long been the subject of salacious biographies,
made-for-TV movies and star-studded tributes. Now, six months after his
death at age 82, he's receiving attention from another quarter: the
academy.
This November, more than 100 scholars--including two dozen
psychologists--will gather at Hofstra University in New York to discuss
the icon's life and work. Below, some of the papers they'll be presenting
on this most intriguing of stars.
FRANK SINATRA's SECOND SELF: The Transformation of His Personality
into His Art
WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS: Sinatra and Fantasies of Masculinity
in Postwar America
MAMMISSIMO: Dolly and Frankie Sinatra and the Italian-American
Mother/Son Thing
FRANK SINATRA AND THE MOODS OF AMERICA
CHARISMA RECONSIDERED: The Cultural Psychology of the Sinatra
Mystique
THE LADY IS A CHAMP: Modern Women in Frank Sinatra's Songs
HANGING ON A STRING OF DREAMS: Delirium and Discontent in Sinatra's
Love Songs
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER HIM: Images of Gender and Class Vulnerability
in Early Sinatra
FRANK SINATRA AND TRAUMATIZED MASCULINITY IN THE MANCHURIAN
CANDIDATE
SPEAKING FRANKLY ABOUT GENDER,' Sinatra's Scripting of Self
FRANK SINATRA: An Artist Whose Creative Expression Amplified the
Whispers of the American Collective Unconscious
FRANK SINATRA'S HOUSE: Politics and Passion
PHOTO (COLOR): FRANK SINATRA
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