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Symposium: Bruce Springsteen And The American Lawyer: "Meanness In This World", Garrett Epps
Symposium: Bruce Springsteen And The American Lawyer: "Meanness In This World", Garrett Epps
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As part of a symposium on Bruce Springsteen and American law, this essay considers the themes explored by Springsteen in his song "Nebraska," which was inspired by the story of Charles Starkweather and Caril Anne Fugate, two young "lovers" who indulged in a remarkable course of violence in Nebraska during the 1950s. The essay asks to what extent the song, and the story, echo the themes of emigration and displacement that are key elements in the history and current reality of the American West. The essay compares the story of Starkweather and Fugate with the current case of Christian Longo, …