Archie Green
The Making of a Working-Class Hero
Will be published approx. on 4. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-252-07828-6 (ISBN)
Description
Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero celebrates one of the most revered folklorists and labor historians of the twentieth century. Devoted to understanding the diverse cultural customs of working people, Archie Green (1917-2009) tirelessly documented these traditions and educated the public about the place of workers' culture and music in American life. Doggedly lobbying Congress for support of the American Folklife Preservation Act of 1976, Green helped establish the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, a significant collection of images, recordings, and written accounts that preserve the myriad cultural productions of Americans. Capturing the many dimensions of Green's remarkably influential life and work, Sean Burns draws on extensive interviews with Green and his many collaborators to examine the intersections of radicalism, folklore, labor history, and worker culture with Green's work. Burns closely analyzes Green's political genealogy and activist trajectory while illustrating how he worked to open up an independent political space on the American Left that was defined by an unwavering commitment to cultural pluralism.
Reviews / Votes
Awarded the CLR James Award for Best Book from the Working Class Studies Association, 2012.- the Working Class Studies AssociationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
16 black and white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-252-07828-6 (9780252078286)
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E-Book
09/2011
University of Illinois Press
€20.49
Available for download
Persons
Sean Burns is a teacher, musician, and administrator serving as Director of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships at the University of California, Berkeley. His research and teaching interests center on the history, culture, and politics of progressive social movements. His band, Professor Burns and the Lilac Field, is rooted in Berkeley, California.
Content
CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsForewordIllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Worker, Scholar, and OrganizerPart 1. Of Shreds and Patches: Early Political FormationChapter 1. Family, Revolution, and EmigrationChapter 2. Boyle Heights in the 1920sChapter 3. Student Politics and Labor in the ThirtiesPart 2. Triangle of Commitments: San Francisco Maritime Politics of the ThirtiesChapter 4. From Berkeley Stacks to Stake-Side TrucksChapter 5. "Brother Slugging Brother": Sailors, Longshoremen, and Legacies of the '34 StrikeChapter 6. Harry Bridges and Reconsiderations of Communist Party HistoryChapter 7. Union Service and Organizing World War II VeteransPart 3. A Decent Philosophy: Culture, Politics and the American Folk RevivalismChapter 8. Folk Music and the American Communist PartyChapter 9. Moments in the Making of a LaborloristChapter 10. Vernacular Music and Cultural PluralismPart 4. "Always on Stolen Time": Folklore, Labor History, and Cultural StudiesChapter 11. Alternative Popular Front ImaginaryChapter 12. New Labor History and American Cultural StudiesChapter 13. Laborlore: A Pedagogy of the Working ClassEpilogue: A Conversation with ArchieAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex