Studying the Dead : the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, an informal history / edited by Nicholas G. Meriwether.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

G. Meriwether, Nicholas, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grateful Dead (Musical group).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This book provides an informal history of the Grateful Dead Caucus and explores its significance as a scholarly community, focusing on its increasing self-awareness, its ability to span diverse disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, and most of all, its contribution to our understanding of the Grateful Dead phenomenon.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus; I: Voices; 1 "The Sound of Thick Air"; 2 The Taoist Perspective in "Weather Report Suite"; 3 "In and Out of the Garden"; 4 Who Is Dionysus and Why Does He Keep Following Me Everywhere?; 5 The Grateful Dead Parallax; 6 "Sometimes You Get Shown the Light"; 7 Remembering the Dead; 8 "Trouble with You Is the Trouble with Me"; II: Conversations; 9 Coming Out to Raise the Dead; 10 Deadhead Word Jam; 11 By Popular Demand; 12 "Raise That Flag"; 13 "Got to Callin' It Home"; 14 "With Thought Jewels Polished and Gleaming"

15 "Spinning That Curious Sense of Our Own"16 "Shall We Go?"; 17 "Never Had Such a Good Time"; 18 "When the Secrets All Are Told"; 19 "Seeking All That's Still Unsung"; 20 "More Than Words Can Tell"; 21 "Can't Talk to You without Talking to Me"; 22 "The Secret of This Tie That Binds"; 23 "All the Years Combine"; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; The Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus Area Chairs; Credits; Index; About the Contributors; About the Editor

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

979-88-8181-889-0

0-8108-9125-5

OCLC:

852159149