Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life By: Gustavus Stadler [Audiobook] | [email protected]/s | 258.86 MiB
2020-10-06 | ASIN: 0807094439 | english | 9h25m
Author: Gustavus Stadler
Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
Dismantles the Woody Guthrie we have been taught - the rough-and-ready rambling man - to reveal an artist who discovered how intimacy is crucial for political struggle
Woody Guthrie is often mythologized as the classic American "rambling man", a real-life Steinbeckian folk hero who fought for working-class interests and inspired Bob Dylan. Biographers and fans frame him as a foe of fascism and focus on his politically charged folk songs. What's left unexamined is how the bulk of Guthrie's work - most of which is unpublished or little known - delves into the importance of intimacy in his personal and political life.Â*
Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life is a fresh and contemporary analysis of the overlapping influences of sexuality, politics, and disability on the art and mind of an American folk icon.Â*
Part biography, part cultural history of the Left, Woody Guthrie offers a stunning revelation about America's quintessential folk legend, who serves as a guiding light for leftist movements today. In his close relationship with dancer Marjorie Mazia, Guthrie discovered a restorative way of thinking about the body, which provided a salve for the trauma of his childhood and the slowly debilitating effects of Huntington's disease.Â*
Rejecting bodily shame and embracing the power of sexuality, he came to believe that intimacy was the linchpin for political struggle.Â*By closely connecting to others, society could combat the customary emotional states of capitalist cultures: Loneliness and isolation. Using intimacy as one's weapon, Guthrie believed we could fight fascism's seductive call.Â*
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