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About the book, The Mass Sacrificial Spectacle: The Doors in Poetry and History
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Using literature as a key, this seminal book sheds light on both Jim Morrison's poetry and the meaning and events of The Doors' '60's history (especially Jim's Miami trial) as no other book has done before. It examines the social dynamics that made Jim Morrison a martyr, sacrificed for trying to subvert the very system that made him a star. Drawing on everything from pioneering cultural research into ancient history's religious rites to the social analysis of revolution, this fearless work cuts a wide swath in its look at Morrison's words and actions. "The Mass Sacrificial Spectacle: The Doors in Poetry and History" offers the most penetrating analysis ever made of the political, historical and artistic significance of the phenomenon known as . . . The Doors. |