Jim Cosby
Jim is an attorney and writer living in Philadelphia. He has published legal scholarship and is also regular contributor of pop culture essays to PopMatters.com, and other sites. Jim's first book, The Dawn of Rock: The true story of devil's music, holy rollers, hillbillies, and American spirit, will be published next year by McFarland & Company, Inc.
Pentecostalism was an antidote to rigid and stifling fundamentalist practices, while rock was bucking an oppressive life as a “square,” resisting the “rat race” in an age of anxiety.
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