Deadhead social science : "You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know"
Deadhead Social Science is a collection of papers examining various aspects of the complex subculture surrounding the rock band, the Grateful Dead.
Print Book, English, ©2000
AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek [Calif.], ©2000
299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780742502505, 9780742502512, 9780761990727, 9780761990734, 0742502503, 0742502511, 0761990720, 0761990739
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pt. 1. Introduction. 'What goes around comes around' : collaborative research and learning / Rebecca G. Adams
pt. 2. Music. The grammar of the Grateful Dead / Gary Shank and Eric J. Simon
Other People play the music : improvisation as social interaction / Robert Freeman
pt. 3. 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
pt. 4. Outside the show. Vending at Dead shows : the bizarre bazaar / Matthew Sheptoski
Community reaction to Deadhead subculture / Brent Paterline
pt. 5. 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
pt. 6. Conclusion. Studying Deadhead subculture / Robert Sardiello