The life, music and thought of Woody Guthrie : a critical appraisal /
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| Imprint: | Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011. |
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| Description: | xvii, 196 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ashgate popular and folk music series Ashgate popular and folk music series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8399936 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Foreword
- Part I. 'All You Can Write Is What You See'
- Woody Guthrie's Songs as Diagnosis and Cure: 'Pastures of plenty'
- Woody Guthrie and the New Deal
- 'There's a better world a-coming': resolving the tension between the urban and rural visions in the writings of Woody Guthrie
- Woody Guthrie and the cultural front
- Playing legend maker: Woody Guthrie's 'Jackhammer John'
- 'Words to shoot back at you': Woody Guthrie's 'war' against German Fascism
- Part II. Creating an Icon
- The (Self-)Imaging of Woody Guthrie
- 'Always on the go': the figure of the hobo in the songs and writings of Woody Guthrie
- 'Hard travelin': constructing Woody Guthrie's dust bowl legacy
- Woody Guthrie, aka 'the guy who wrote This Land is Your Land'
- Part III. Partnering and Siring
- Woody Guthrie in Comparative Perspective
- Will Geer and Woody Guthrie: a folk music friendship
- The performer and the promoter
- Good man, honest man: Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and the role of the folk outlaw
- Bibliography
- Index
