Deadhead Social Science
Altamira Press (Verlag)
978-0-7425-0250-5 (ISBN)
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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.
Rebecca G. Adams is professor of sociology and assistant to the dean on distance learning at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her publications include four books and numerous scholarly articles, and she serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary Sociology and Personal Relationships. She attended her first Dead show in 1970. Robert Sardiello is adjunct professor of sociology at Nassau Community College. He has published several scholarly pieces concerning Deadheads and is currently working toward his Ph.D. at the University of New York, Stony Brook. He attended his first Dead show in 1977.
"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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2000 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Dennis McNally |
| Zusatzinfo | index |
| Verlagsort | California |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 590 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7425-0250-3 / 0742502503 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7425-0250-5 / 9780742502505 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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