Listening for the Secret: The Grateful Dead and the Politics of Improvisation Volume 1

by Ulf Olsson

Book Overview

Listening for the Secret is a critical assessment of the Grateful Dead and the distinct culture that grew out of the group's music, politics, and performance. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, the Grateful Dead provides a unique lens through which we can better understand the meaning and creation of the counterculture community. Marshaling the critical and aesthetic theories of Adorno, Benjamin, Foucault...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520286650
• ISBN13: 9780520286658
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"