This bibliography lists the scholarly publications on the Grateful Dead phenomenon. The scope is limited to works that focus on the band and its impact; it should be noted that the Dead figure in many larger and comparative treatments that are not listed here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bibliography is arranged by year and separated into two categories: books and journal issues, and articles and chapters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This bibliography is a work in progress and is under construction now; entries will be added steadily in the coming months. If you know of an entry that should be added, please email us at info [at] dead.studies.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wood, Brent. The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead: Mystery Dances in the Magic Theater.<\/em> London: Routledge, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Articles and Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Brackett, David. \u201cImprovisation and Value in Rock, 1966.\u201d Journal of the Society for American Music<\/em> 14, no. 2\u00a0 (May 2020): 197\u2013232. DOI: 10.1017\/S1752196320000073<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zwagerman, Sean. \u201c\u2018Comedy Is What We’re Really About\u2019: The Grateful Dead in a Comic Frame.\u201d Americana <\/em>19, no. 2 (Fall 2020). https:\/\/www.americanpopularculture.com\/journal\/articles\/fall_2020\/zwagerman.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meriwether, Nicholas G., ed. Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 4 (2019\/2020). Print and online. www.gratefuldeadstudies.org. Note: individual research articles listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Backstrom , Melvin J. \u201c\u2018Spring from Night into the Sun\u2019: Metaphors of Dark and Light in the Music of the Grateful Dead.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies <\/em>4 (2019\/2020): 16\u201339.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coffman, Christopher K. \u201c\u2018All That\u2019s Still Unsung\u2019: Agamben\u2019s Potentiality and the Grateful Dead.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 4 (2019\/2020): 60\u201385.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daley, Mike. \u201cListening to \u2018Space\u2019.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 4 (2019\/2020): 40\u201359.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flory, Andrew. \u201cLiveness and the Grateful Dead.\u201d American Music <\/em>37, no. 2 (Summer 2019): 123\u2013145.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mattson, Mark E. \u201cSome Structural and Expressive Variations in Performances of Six Grateful Dead Songs.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 4 (2019\/2020): 107\u2013126.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schoenfeld, Bethe and Robert Schoenfeld. \u201cThe Grateful Dead Subculture in Israeli Society: A Preliminary Study.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies <\/em>4 (2019\/2020): 127\u2013143.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Torell, Kurt. \u201cMakin\u2019 the Seen: Synesthesia, the Grateful Dead, and the Total Work of Art.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies <\/em>4 (2019\/2020): 86\u2013106.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Olsson, Ulf. Listening for the Secret: The Grateful Dead and the Politics of Improvisation. <\/em>Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Farber, David. \u201c<\/em>Moral Capitalism in the Age of Great Dreams: The Grateful Dead’s Struggle to Craft Right Livelihoods.\u201d The<\/em> Sixties <\/em>10, no. 1 (<\/em>June 2017)<\/em>: 63\u201393.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gunderman, Hannah C., and John Patrick Harty. \u201c<\/em>\u2018The Music Never Stopped\u2019: Naming Businesses as a Method for Remembering the Grateful Dead.\u201d Journal of Cultural Geography <\/em>34, no. 3 (October 2017): 373\u2013395.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Benson, Michael. Why the Grateful Dead Matter<\/em>. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jarnow, Jesse. Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America<\/em>. Philadelphia: Da Capo, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Articles and Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Obenzinger, Hilton. \u201cWhen the Grateful Dead Joined the Columbia Strike, Friday, May 3, 1968\u2013What Some Friends Heard, Saw, and Said.\u201d The<\/em> Sixties <\/em>9, no. 2 (December 2016): 290\u2013294.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richardson, Peter. \u201cPlease Don\u2019t Dominate the Rap: The Grateful Dead and the Columbia University Student Strike.\u201d The<\/em> Sixties <\/em>9, no. 2 (December 2016): 295\u2013297.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meriwether, Nicholas G., ed. Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 2 (2015\/2016). Print and online. www.gratefuldeadstudies.org. Note: individual research articles listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Balter-Reitz, Susan. \u201c\u2018We Can Share What We Got of Yours\u2019: Reflections on the Copyright Paradox in the Grateful Dead Community.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 2 (2015\/2016): 45\u201363.<\/p>\n\n\n\n McClain, Jordan. \u201cFrom \u201cDark Star\u2019 to Cherry Garcia: Four Subframes in Rolling Stone<\/em> that Link Phish to the Grateful Dead.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 2 (2015\/2016): 64\u201379.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richardson, Peter. \u201c\u2018Let Fate Decide the Rest\u2019: The Grateful Dead, Quietism, and the Politics of Utopia.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 2 (2015\/2016): 12\u201326.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Williams, Jay. \u201cJerry Alfred Garcia Hitchcock.\u201d Grateful Dead Studies<\/em> 2 (2015\/2016): 27\u201344.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This bibliography lists the scholarly publications on the Grateful Dead phenomenon. 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