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Reading Country Music : Steel Guitars, Opry Stars, and Honky Tonk Bars by Cecelia Tichi (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN-100822321688
ISBN-139780822321682
eBay Product ID (ePID)603329
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Edition2
Book TitleReading Country Music : Steel Guitars, Opry Stars, and Honky Tonk Bars
Number of Pages424 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory & Criticism, Instruction & Study / General, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorCecelia Tichi
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight22.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.6 in
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LCCN97-049637
Reviews Reading Country Music should be greeted with a proper hoe-down fiddle. . . . What's exciting about [this work] is the demonstration that cultural studies can be historical, persuasive, and on point., " Reading Country Music should be greeted with a proper hoe-down fiddle. . . . What's exciting about [this work] is the demonstration that cultural studies can be historical, persuasive, and on point." -- Teri Tynes
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal781.642
Table Of ContentIntroduction / Cecelia Tichi 1 Sing Me a Song about Ramblin' Man: Visions and Revisions of Hank Williams in Country Music / Christopher Metress 4 Blue Moon of Kentucky Rising Over the Mystery Train: The Complex Construction of Country Music / David Sanjek 22 Bloody Daggers and Lonesome Graveyards: The Gothic and Country Music / Theresa Goddu 45 A Musical Legacy, A Way of Life: A Photo Essay / Charmaine Lanham 65 Commercial (and/or) Folk: The Bluegrass Industry and Bluegrass Traditions / Mark Fenster 74 Mountains of Contradictions: Gender, Class, and Region in the Star Image of Dolly Parton / Pamela Wilson 98 Keeping Faith: Evangelical Performance in Country Music / Curtis W. Ellison 121 Girls with Guitars - and Fringe and Sequins and Rhinestones, Silk, Lace, and Leather / Mary A. Bufwack 153 Event Songs / Charles K. Wolfe 188 Country Green: The Money in Country Music / Don Cusic 200 Country Music and the Contemporary Composer: The Case of Paul Martin Zonn / Michael Kurel and Cecelia Tichi 209 "My name is Sue! How do you do?" Johnny Cash as Lesbian Icon / Teresa Ortega 222 The Dialectic of hard-Core and Soft-Shell Country Music / Richard A. Peterson 234 "The Sad Twang of Mountain Voices": Thomas Hart Benton's Sources of Country Music / Vivien Green Fryd 256 Mecca for the Country Music Scholar / Ronnie Pugh 286 Country Music, Seriously: An Interview with Bill C. Malone / Cecelia Tichi 290 Reading the Row / Christine Kreyling 307 The Metric Makings of a Country Hit / Jocelyn Neal 322 "The Voice of Woe": Willie Nelson and Evangelical Spirituality / T. Walter Herbert 338 "I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven": Fred Rose's Acquaintance with Country Music / John W. Rumble 350 Jim Crow and the Pale Maiden: Gender, Color, and Class in Stephen Foster's "Hard Times" / Amy Schrager Lang 378 Selected Discography 389 Notes on Contributors 395 Index 399
SynopsisWith its steel guitars, Opry stars, and honky-tonk bars, country music is an American original. The most popular music in America today, it's also big business. Amazing, then, that country music has been so little studied by critics, given its predominance in American culture. Reading Country Music acknowledges the significance of country music as part of an authentic American heritage and turns a loving, critical eye toward understanding the sweep of this peculiarly American phenomenon. Bringing together a wide range of scholars and critics from literature, communications, history, sociology, art, and music, this anthology looks at everything from the inner workings of the country music industry to the iconography of certain stars to the development of distinctive styles within the country music genre. Essays include a look at the shift from "hard-core" to "soft-shell" country music in recent years; Johnny Cash as lesbian icon; gender, class, and region in Dolly Parton's star image; and bluegrass's gothic tradition. Originally published as a special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly , this expanded book edition includes new articles on the spirituality of Willie Nelson, the legacy and tradition of stringed music, and the revival of Stephen Foster's blackface musical, among others. Contributors . Mary A. Bufwack, Don Cusic, Curtis W. Ellison, Mark Fenster, Vivien Green Fryd, Teresa Goddu, T. Walter Herbert, Christine Kreyling, Michael Kurek, Amy Schrager Lang, Charmaine Lanham, Bill Malone, Christopher Metress, Jocelyn Neal, Teresa Ortega, Richard A. Peterson, Ronnie Pugh, John W. Rumble, David Sanjek, Cecelia Tichi, Pamela Wilson, Charles K. Wolfe, Expanded edition of special SAQ issue on country music. Six new articles will be added by Jocelyn Neal on the structure of country, Cristine Kreyling on "Music Row" in Nashville, Walter Herbert on Willie Nelson and the interpretation of his m
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This is a great product. i imagined it a little bigger, but besides that, came all together, the colors are vibrant, and the design does look 3D. again great product :)Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
