Deadhead social science : "You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know" / edited by Rebecca G. Adams and Robert Sardiello.

Other author Adams, Rebecca G.
Other author Sardiello, Robert.
Format Book
Publication InfoWalnut Creek [Calif.] : AltaMira Press, ©2000.
Description299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Grateful Dead (Musical group)--Influence.
Deadheads (Music fans)--United States.
Subculture--United States.

Contents "What goes around comes around" : collaborative research and learning / Rebecca G. Adams -- The grammar of the Grateful Dead / Gary Shank and Eric J. Simon -- Other People play the music : improvisation as social interaction / Robert Freeman -- 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 -- Vending at Dead shows : the bizarre bazaar / Matthew Sheptoski -- Community reaction to Deadhead subculture / Brent Paterline -- 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 -- Studying Deadhead subculture / Robert Sardiello.
Abstract This 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 and have continued to follow bands including various surviving members of the Grateful Dead since then. 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? The book also examines the music, the role of vendors, and the reaction by "host" communities to the Grateful Dead and its following. One key theme in Deadhead Social Science is the interconnections among teaching, research, and personal interests written from a variety of social science disciplinary traditions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 278-280) and indexes.
LCCN 99006841
ISBN0742502503 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742502511 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0761990720
ISBN0761990739

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