In Reading the Grateful Dead: A Critical Survey, Nicholas G. Meriwether has assembled a collection of essays that examine the development of Grateful Dead studies. This volume includes work from three generations of scholars and includes a wide variety of perspectives on the band and its cultural significance. Organized into four sections, each describes an aspect or approach to Dead studies, along with an overview of the nature and extent of Dead studies: how it evolved and what it comprises today.
In Reading the Grateful Dead: A Critical Survey, Nicholas G. Meriwether has assembled a collection of essays that examine the development of Grateful Dead studies. This volume includes work from three generations of scholars and includes a wide variety of perspectives on the band and its cultural significance. Organized into four sections, each describes an aspect or approach to Dead studies, along with an overview of the nature and extent of Dead studies: how it evolved and what it comprises today.
Nicholas G. Meriwether studied history at Princeton and Cambridge and archival practice at the University of South Carolina. He is the Grateful Dead Archivist at UC Santa Cruz.
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Acknowledgments "Halloween Costume Party" Bob Cooperman Introduction: "The Secret of This Tie That Binds": The Interdisciplinary Discourse of Grateful Dead Studies Nicholas G. Meriwether PART 1: STUDYING THE DEAD 1. The Education of a Deadhead: A Letter from a Novelist Matthew Armstrong 2. The Grateful Dead in the Academy Dennis McNally 3. Thinking About the Dead: Amateur Anthropology, the Human Comedy, and Making Good Ancestors John Perry Barlow 4. "The Thousand Stories Have Come 'Round To One": Studying the Grateful Dead Phenomenon Nicholas G. Meriwether 5. Mapping the Deadhead Social Science Trip Natalie Dollar PART 2: MUSIC AND LYRICS, MEDIUM AND MESSAGE 6. How the Grateful Dead Learned to Jam Michael Kaler 7. "Terrapin Station," Postmodernism, and the Infinite Jon Ney 8. A Super-Metacantric Analysis of "Playing in the Band" Robert H. Trudeau 9. "And Closed My Eyes To See": Buddhist Resonances in the Lyrics of the Grateful Dead Ryan Slesinger 10. The Dead Play Egypt, Thirty Years Later: Myth, Memory, and Marketing Nicholas Meriwether PART 3: THE DEADHEAD EXPERIENCE 11. Crowned Anarchy: Songs, Segues, and the Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion Joseph Holt 12. The Grateful Dead Religious Experience David Bryan 13. Shakedown Street: A Benjaminian Approach to the Grateful Dead James Revell Carr 14. What Are Deadheads? An Informal Survey Alex Kolker 15. Terrapin Station Demographics and "Deadication": The Furthur Festival '98 Data Rebecca G. Adams 16. Autobiographical Memories of Grateful Dead Concerts: Two Descriptive Approaches Mark E. Mattson PART 4: SOCIETY AND HISTORY, CONTEXTS AND CURRENTS 17. "And I Done Some Time": Bobby Petersen and the Grateful Dead Christian Crumlish 18. Nomadic Musical Audiences: A Historical Precedent for the Grateful Dead Jacob A. Cohen 19. Deconstructing Deadheads Mark Tursi 20. The Psychedelic Experience, Contemporary Music, and the Grateful Dead: A 1969 Study Revisited Stanley Krippner 21. "Bound to Cover Just a Little More Ground": A Heideggerian Reflection on the Grateful Dead Stanley Spector 22. Jerry Garcia and Leadership Styles in the Grateful Dead Phenomenon Barry Barnes ENCORE 22. Cold Roses: A Skeleton Key to the Grateful Dead in the Music of Ryan Adams Matthew C. Armstrong 23. Tapes and Memories: A Letter From a Latter-Day Fan Jacob A. Cohen 24. "One Last Wish" Jon Ney Index About the Contributors About the Editor
Acknowledgments "Halloween Costume Party" Bob Cooperman Introduction: "The Secret of This Tie That Binds": The Interdisciplinary Discourse of Grateful Dead Studies Nicholas G. Meriwether PART 1: STUDYING THE DEAD 1. The Education of a Deadhead: A Letter from a Novelist Matthew Armstrong 2. The Grateful Dead in the Academy Dennis McNally 3. Thinking About the Dead: Amateur Anthropology, the Human Comedy, and Making Good Ancestors John Perry Barlow 4. "The Thousand Stories Have Come 'Round To One": Studying the Grateful Dead Phenomenon Nicholas G. Meriwether 5. Mapping the Deadhead Social Science Trip Natalie Dollar PART 2: MUSIC AND LYRICS, MEDIUM AND MESSAGE 6. How the Grateful Dead Learned to Jam Michael Kaler 7. "Terrapin Station," Postmodernism, and the Infinite Jon Ney 8. A Super-Metacantric Analysis of "Playing in the Band" Robert H. Trudeau 9. "And Closed My Eyes To See": Buddhist Resonances in the Lyrics of the Grateful Dead Ryan Slesinger 10. The Dead Play Egypt, Thirty Years Later: Myth, Memory, and Marketing Nicholas Meriwether PART 3: THE DEADHEAD EXPERIENCE 11. Crowned Anarchy: Songs, Segues, and the Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion Joseph Holt 12. The Grateful Dead Religious Experience David Bryan 13. Shakedown Street: A Benjaminian Approach to the Grateful Dead James Revell Carr 14. What Are Deadheads? An Informal Survey Alex Kolker 15. Terrapin Station Demographics and "Deadication": The Furthur Festival '98 Data Rebecca G. Adams 16. Autobiographical Memories of Grateful Dead Concerts: Two Descriptive Approaches Mark E. Mattson PART 4: SOCIETY AND HISTORY, CONTEXTS AND CURRENTS 17. "And I Done Some Time": Bobby Petersen and the Grateful Dead Christian Crumlish 18. Nomadic Musical Audiences: A Historical Precedent for the Grateful Dead Jacob A. Cohen 19. Deconstructing Deadheads Mark Tursi 20. The Psychedelic Experience, Contemporary Music, and the Grateful Dead: A 1969 Study Revisited Stanley Krippner 21. "Bound to Cover Just a Little More Ground": A Heideggerian Reflection on the Grateful Dead Stanley Spector 22. Jerry Garcia and Leadership Styles in the Grateful Dead Phenomenon Barry Barnes ENCORE 22. Cold Roses: A Skeleton Key to the Grateful Dead in the Music of Ryan Adams Matthew C. Armstrong 23. Tapes and Memories: A Letter From a Latter-Day Fan Jacob A. Cohen 24. "One Last Wish" Jon Ney Index About the Contributors About the Editor
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