Woody Guthrie's Modern World Blues |
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| Author:
| Kaufman, Will |
| Series title: | American Popular Music Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-9487-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2024 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Explores how, through multiple artistic forms, Woody Guthrie thought and felt about the scientific method, atomic power, and war technology, as well as the shifting dynamics of gender and race. Woody Guthrie emerges from these pages as a figure whose immense artistic output reflects the nation's conflicted engagement with modernity.
Explores how, through multiple artistic forms, Woody Guthrie thought and felt about the scientific method, atomic power, and war technology, as well as the shifting dynamics of gender and race. Woody Guthrie emerges from these pages as a figure whose immense artistic output reflects the nation's conflicted engagement with modernity.