Deadhead Social Science
You Ain't Gonna Learn What You Don't Want to Know
Published on 30. May 2000
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-7425-0250-5 (ISBN)
Description
This text is a collection of papers examining various aspects of the complex subculture surrounding the rock band, the "Grateful Dead". "Deadheads" as Grateful Dead fans are called, followed the band from venue to venue until the band announced their dissolution in December of 1995. Lawyers, politicians, college students, and blue-collar workers were just a few of the various types of people who were and are Deadheads. This book addresses the questions: what is a Deadhead? how does a Deadhead identity evolve? why would a person choose an identity that would be viewed negatively by a larger society? why are Deadheads viewed negatively by the larger society? is the Deadhead community a popular religion? how did a rock band develop a religious following? On key theme in this book is the interconnections among teaching, research, and personal interests written from a variety of social science disciplinary traditions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
California
United States
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-0250-5 (9780742502505)
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Rebecca G. Adams | Robert Sardiello
Deadhead Social Science
'You Ain't Gonna Learn What You Don't Want to Know'
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05/2000
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AltaMira Press
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Content
"What goes around, comes around" collaborative research and learning, Rebecca G. Adams; music, the grammar of the Grateful Dead, Gary Shank, Eric J. Simon; Other people play the music - improvisation as social interaction, Robert Freeman; spirituality, the deadhead community - popular religion in contemporary American culture, Shan C. Sutton; "We Were Given this Dance" - music and meaning in the early unlimited devotion family, Jennifer A. Hartley; outside the show, vending at dead shows - the bizarre bazaar, Matthew Sheptoski; community reaction to deadhead subculture, Brent Paterline; identity, becoming a deadhead, Stephanie Jennings; an Eriksonian perspective on the journey through deadhead adulthood, Michelle J. David; self concept and ego-extension among Grateful Dead fans, Alan R. Lehman; deadheads and dichotomies - mediated and negotiated readings, Jeremy Ritzer; conclusion - studying deadhead subculture, Robert Sardiello.