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Concepts We'll Ponder
Identity, Improvisation, and Community in the Phish Experience
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
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Concepts We’ll Ponder: Identity, Improvisation, and Community in the Phish Experience launches the rapidly growing field of Phish Studies by revealing how the band’s music and culture offer meaningful insights that extend beyond concert grounds into broader social, cultural, and political phenomena. Emerging from the inaugural Phish Studies Conference at Oregon State University, its sixteen innovative essays embody an ethos of serious play; the essays adopt creativity, joy, and improvisation as tools for scholarly inquiry.Distinctively interdisciplinary, the collection draws from diverse disciplines including musicology, communications, statistics, and philosophy. By blending academic methods with passionate “phan” encyclopedic knowledge, the authors of this volume challenge traditional hierarchies between fan/scholar, personal/professional, and high/low culture. They explore “phan” identity, decode the complexities of famous jams, examine concerts as healing spaces, analyze show ratings, and more. In their examinations of the “Camden Chalk Dust,” “Colonel Forbin’s Ascent,” and the “Phish Chicks” community, and beyond, these scholars invite readers to treat Phish as an “intellectual playground” and explore the significance of the Phish experience.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2026-01-22
- Mått160 x 234 x 28 mm
- Vikt720 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieFor the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
- Antal sidor408
- FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
- ISBN9781666955187