Style, Narrative, and Cultural Politics in Bullitt

Peter Yates’s 1968 film Bullitt cemented the reputation of its star, Steve McQueen, as “the essence of cool” – to borrow a phrase from the title of the 2005 documentary that reflects on the star’s legacy. As the film reveals, however, and the documentary explores, Bullitt is fraught with narrative problems, its now iconic set-pieces seemingly purchased at the expense of coherent and accessible plot development. Meanwhile the film’s formal experimentation – internally motivated by the thematic preoccupation with “noise” and freeways – heightens the ecstatic presentation of actor/protagonist as image (and of the autonomization of “style” in general), which in turn can be read as an ambivalent response to the cultural politics of the late 1960s. This paper explores the ways in which various elements of style, narrative, and cultural politics interact within the context of the film, placing Bullitt at a pivotal moment in both cinematic and cultural history.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Reesor, Gary (FA 1068)

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1068. Paper titled “Legends and Tales of Bullitt County” by Gary Reesor based on an interview with Ivy McBride of Bullitt County, Kentucky. McBride provides tales, legends, ghost stories, and information about traditional folk ways in Bullitt County, Kentucky

Andy Dawson (FA 806)

Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 806. This collection contains information about Bullitt County, Kentucky, folklore collected by Andy Dawson for credit in a folklore class at Western Kentucky University. Collection includes recipes, folk medicine beliefs, and stories from Bullitt County

Bullitt County, Kentucky (SC 259)

Finding aid and scans (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 259. Photocopy of a post note issued by the Bank of Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky, to J. Gore, 1819, for $5.00; photocopy of ledger pages detailing the salt made and sold by John Graham, 1 January 1824 to 1 January 1825, at the furnaces of Joseph A. Brooks, Bullitt County

A Study of the Holding Power and Follow-Up of North Bullitt High School Students (Classes of 1978, 1979 and 1980)

Data concerning the Classes of 1978, 1979 and 1980 from North Bullitt High School, the Bullitt County School System and the State of Kentucky were compared to determine the holding power, survival rates and whereabouts of graduates. The comparison of data concerning holding power and survival rates showed that North Bullitt High School compared favorably with both the Bullitt County School System and the State of Kentucky. The data showed that for the three year period from 1978 to 1980 the holding power of North Bullitt High School increased while the holding power of both the Bullitt County School System and the State of Kentucky decreased. The comparison of data concerning the whereabouts of graduates showed that North Bullitt High School compared favorably with the Bullitt County School System and the State of Kentucky in all but one area. The data showed that the State of Kentucky had a significantly higher percentage of graduates who planned to attend college than either North Bullitt High School or the Bullitt County School System. The comparison of data concerning the whereabouts of North Bullitt High School’s 1978, 1979 and 1980 graduates showed a significant differences between what the graduates anticipated doing after leaving school and what the graduates are actually doing

Bullitt County - Place Names

Place names for Bullitt County, Kentucky

Bullitt County - Post Offices

The history of post offices in Bullitt County, Kentucky