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Cultural Studies of the United States
Race of Singers: Whitman's Working-Class Hero from Guthrie to Springsteen
Based on Walt Whitman's notion of a "race of singers" who would unite and celebrate the working class, Bryan Garman reveals how this prescient vision was realized in the form of such singers as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Woody Guthrie and in the late 20th century whose image and lyrics embody and celebrate an exclusively white male working class America.
352 pages, Paperback
First published September 11, 2000
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January 20, 2023**I don't rate books I read for work**
Incredibly valuable for my own research, as well as a companion piece as I work my way through Grapes of Wrath. Dense as all hell but it is definitely accessible and fun to read, especially if you have the time. I want to recommend it to all of the Dylan, Guthrie, and Springsteen fans in my life.
Incredibly valuable for my own research, as well as a companion piece as I work my way through Grapes of Wrath. Dense as all hell but it is definitely accessible and fun to read, especially if you have the time. I want to recommend it to all of the Dylan, Guthrie, and Springsteen fans in my life.
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