Searching for Woody Guthrie : a personal exploration of the folk singer, his music, and his politics / Ron Briley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briley, Ron, 1949- author.

Series:

Charles K. Wolfe music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967--Criticism and interpretation.

Guthrie, Woody.

Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967.

Music--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Music.

Music--Political aspects.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 388 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2020]

Contents:

Foreword / Ted Olson

Introduction : My search for Woody Guthrie

De-radicalizing Woody : Hal Ashby's Bound for glory (1976)

Woody in California : The People's daily world and indigenous radicalism

Woody in New York City : "Woody sez" and the Daily worker

Woody and the Bonneville Power Administration : Twenty-six songs in thirty days

Woody and World War II : The struggle against fascism

Woody and postwar disillusionment : The Korean War

Woody and Jesus : The working-class carpenter and Christian socialism

Primitive rebels : Woody and the outlaw tradition

"I'm sticking to the Union" : Woody and labor

Woody and race : Taking on Jim Crow

Woody and the women's question : Advocate for equality and sexual libertine

Woody's songs : Dust Bowl ballads, 1940

Woody's songs : Struggle, 1946

Woody's songs : Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti, 1946 and 1947

Conclusion : Woody and our times.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Briley, Ron, 1949- author. Searching for Woody Guthrie

ISBN:

9781621905332

1621905330

OCLC:

1091292100