| Description |
ix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Cultural studies of the United States |
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Cultural studies of the United States.
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| Note |
"Portions of this book appeared in different form in Popular music and society 20, no. 2 (1996) and American quarterly (March 2000)"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-326) and index. |
| Contents |
For the workingman's sake: imagining a working-class hero -- Heroic spiritual grandfather: Whitman and the anticapitalist imagination, 1890-1940 -- Prophet singer: Guthrie and the legacy of Whitman -- Songs the people sing: Guthrie's cultural politics -- Woody's children: Seeger, Dylan, and the new left -- Bound for glory: the politics of cultural memory -- The sins of somebody else's past: Springsteen and the burden of tradition -- A good clear eye on the dirty ways of the world: Springsteen's democratic vistas. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Working class -- United States -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence.
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Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 -- Influence.
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Springsteen, Bruce -- Influence.
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| ISBN |
0807825581 cloth alkaline paper |
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0807848662 paperback alkaline paper |
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