Consisting of over one hundred interviews conducted with everyone from gravediggers to studio heads, this book provides a timeless snapshot of peoples feelings about their working lives, as well as a relevant and lasting look at how work fits into american. How is pulling steal similar to many typical jobs of the 21 century. A gravediggers unexpected joys homer martinez, a gravedigger and caretaker, tells author studs terkel about the unexpected joys of his job at shalom memorial cemetery in. Since the show working is essentially a documentary and all the monologues are edited directly from the words of the interviewees in studs terkel s book, the songwriters tried to use as much of the words and locution of the characters they were writing about as possible.
Born in new york in 1912, he lived in chicago for over eight decades. Simply put, the book is an oral history of americans telling of their jobs both the specific responsibilities involved and the meaning derived from work. The benefit you get by reading this book is actually information inside this reserve incredible fresh, you. Here are riveting accounts of the lives of ordinary americansfarmers, miners, barbers, hookers, box boys, stockbrokersdepicted. Studs terkel was born on may 16, 1912 in new york city, new york, usa as louis terkel.
Studs terkel audio books, best sellers, author bio. Landmark work by studs terkel speaking to people working in a multitude of jobs and their feelings on. Use the biography of studs terkel to introduce students to studs terkels life and work. Thats what legendary interviewer, writer, radio broadcaster, and oral historian studs terkel may 16, 1912october 31, 2008 captures in working. Its similar in the way that 21 century jobs are very mechanical and many work in an assembly line and do not get to see the finished result of what the are working on. A thoughtful, incisive portrayal of america today and the changes it has experienced in recent decades, with much discussion on the impact throughout society of yuppies, greed, fundamentalism, the reagan presidency, 1960s activists turned investors and stockbrokers, obstinate liberals, crusading. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a.
In 1973, he selected several interviews that were included in his book to be broadcast in eleven parts on the studs terkel program on wfmt radio chicago, il. Terkel received the presidential national humanities medal 1999, the national. Studs terkel 19122008 was an awardwinning author and radio broadcaster. Buy studs terkel ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do public library a remarkable oral history of the extraordinary dreams of ordinary people and of working life. The richest and most powerful single document of the american experience in world war ii the boston globe. In an interview with studs terkel, virginia foster durr, a prominent american civil rights activist, reflects on life during the great depression, particularly the way that people on government relief felt shame and guilt over their own suffering and poverty, rather. Studs terkel s classic oral history working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Perhaps studs terkel s bestknown book, working is a compelling, fascinating look at jobs and the people who do them. Watch the full version of this piece at media burn.
Studs terkel s 1974 oral history working became a broadway musical. Studs terkel, working studs terkel s working is a truly great book, and worthy of the many accolades it has received over the years. Pdf studs terkel explores the motivation to work in his classic book working, compiling more than 100 interviews of workers across america. It is about ulcers as well as accidents, about shouting matches as well as fistfights, about nervous breakdowns as well as kicking the dog around. Terkel interviewed hundreds of people across the united states for his book on the great depression of the 1930s. Studs terkel helped establish oral history as a popular literary form.
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Studs terkel interview with virginia foster durr in an interview with studs terkel, virginia foster durr, a prominent american civil rights activist, reflects on life during the great depression, particularly the way that people on government relief felt shame and guilt over their own suffering and poverty, rather than blaming the capitalist. He also speaks about the medium of radio and what inspired him. Studs terkel explores the motivation to work in his classic book working. Studs terkel on the dignity of work, why we do what we do. He received the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction in 1985 for the good war and is best remembered for his oral histories of common americans, and for hosting a longrunning radio show in chicago. Studs terkel, a pulitzer prizewinning author whose searching interviews with ordinary americans helped establish oral history as an important historical genre, and who for nearly half a century. Working by by studs terkel this working book is not really ordinary book, you have it then the world is in your hands. The four entries excerpted by longform were all from women, and longform republished them as women at work. Studs terkel interview with virginia foster durr facing.
Perhaps studs terkels bestknown book, working is a compelling, fascinating look at jobs. Studs terkels working new jobs, same need for meaning. Cleve jones talks about the names project foundation and aids quilt. This is a book showing the meaning of work for different people under different circumstances which can be different for all people. People talk about what they do all day and how they. People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do by studs terkel in djvu, doc, fb3 download ebook.
Studs terkel 19122008 was a free spirit, an outspoken populist, a pulitzer prizewinning author, a terrible ham, and one of the bestloved characters on the american scene. Working investigates the meaning of work for different people under different circumstances, showing it can vary in importance. Introduction this book, being about work, is, by its very nature, about violenceto the spirit as well as to the body. Studs terkels classic oral history working is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Studs terkel s working as a teaching tool article pdf available in journal of management education 286. Studs terkels classic book working is nothing more than a large volume of transcribed confessions of working people. Studs terkel, introduction to working i suppose that its important, before we begin hammering this book, to recall that it was written in the early 1970s. The author has found working to be a useful vehicle for.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, this book provides a brilliant and enduring portrait of peoples feelings about their working. Studs terkel s work was highly praised and recognized in the world of arts and letters. He was an actor, known for eight men out 1988, medium cool 1969 and studs. Studs terkel can be seen and heard as he interviewed various people on radio, including a rare recording with rev.
From a pipe fitters apprentice at pearl harbor to a crew member of the flight that. People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do is a 1974 nonfiction book by the oral historian and radio broadcaster studs terkel working investigates the meaning of work for different people under different circumstances, showing it can vary in importance. He was the recipient of numerous book awards including the pulitzer prize for the good war 1985, the irita van doren book award, and two national book award nominations. Special tribute to the beloved oral historian and broadcaster series.
Studs terkel s book interviews resurface as audio all this week on npr, youll hear the voices of people studs terkel interviewed in his book, working. Themes in studs terkels working article researchgate. Originally published under the title the spectator, this knowledgeable and perceptive library journal look at show business presents the actors directors, playwrights, dancers, lyricists, and others who. It is just barely possible that the attitude reflected in the epigraph above, and in the introductory essay and series of interviews that make up the book, was actually prevalent at that time. Studs terkel for better or worse, the world that studs terkel captured forty years ago in his brilliant oral history of american workers, working, no longer exists. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Quotations by studs terkel, american journalist, born may 16, 1912. Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor. Film and theater collects the pulitzer prizewinning oral historians remarkable conversations with some of the greatest luminaries of film and theater. The book also reflects terkel s general idea that work can be difficult. Rereading studs terkel s working new jobs, same need for meaning. Studs terkel s most popular book is the grapes of wrath.
The wfmt studs terkel radio archive a living celebration. Browse our growing archive of more than 1,200 programs. Pdf this paper represents a qualitative analysis of the musical version of studs terkels classic book working terkel, 2004. Studs terkel interview with emma tiller facing history. In studs terkel s working, pekar offers a brilliant visual adaptation of terkel s verbatim interviews, collaborating with both established comics veterans and some of the comic undergrounds brightest new talent. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, this book provides a brilliant and enduring portrait of peoples feelings about their working lives. Jonathan katz discusses his book gay american history.
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