{"product_id":"9781538172872","title":"Permanent Holdout Jackson Browne, His Music, His America","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePermanent Holdout\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eJackson Browne, His Music, His America\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCornel Bonca\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Individual Composer \u0026amp; Musician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown for albums like \u003ci\u003eLate for the Sky, The Pretender, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRunning on Empty\u003c\/i\u003e, Jackson Browne was a master of capturing the counterculture ethos of the 1960s. Cornel Bonca dives deeply into his music, his long fifty-year career, and activism-including environmentalism-within the context of American life, revealing a figure still fueled by certain American ideals like justice, freedom, and equality for all.\u003cbr\u003eBrowne grew up in Southern California in the early 1960s, greatly influenced by his mother's progressive politics, the music of Bob Dylan and the speeches of Martin Luther King. Then, drawn to the Laurel Canyon rock scene, he moved to Los Angeles and established himself as a songwriter for The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and many others, becoming a fixture of the singer-songwriter movement in the early 1970s. His music in the 1980s was largely political in scope, critiquing America's conservative turn, its militarism in Central America, its nuclear brinksmanship with the Soviet Union, and its dismantling of Great Society social programs. He only returned to the personal music his fans treasured in 1993 with \u003ci\u003eI'm Alive. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince then, Browne's music has toggled back and forth between the personal and the political. He's settled down into a long-term relationship with environmental activist Dianna Cohen and remained astonishingly active in local and national politics. This book dives into his music, life, and political activism in the changing face of America over the last fifty years, and why he still matters today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCornel Bonca \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at California State University, Fullerton, where he teaches courses in American literature, critical theory, and rock 'n' roll history. His essays, reviews, and fiction have appeared in two dozen publications, among them \u003ci\u003eSalon, The New York Observer, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Jacaranda\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eModern Language Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, where he's written on the beat poets, Bruce Springsteen, The National, The Airborne Toxic Event, David Foster Wallace, Philip Roth, and Don DeLillo. His last book was \u003ci\u003ePaul Simon: An American Tune\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Altadena, CA with his wife and daughter.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 April 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRowman \u0026amp; Littlefield\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781538172872\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57325434011788,"sku":"9781538172872","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f116ebe4-193c-44be-a443-3fdef5193e19.jpg?v=1789054659","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781538172872","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}