| Series |
Popular music series
Popular music series. ^A319923
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| Contents |
I. Introduction -- II. Lighting up the purple sky: roots of modern country -- Mimesis in Bill Monroe's bluegrass music / Robert Cantwell -- Age, the body and experience in the music of Hank Williams / Richard Leppert and George Lipsitz -- Patsy Cline, musical negotiation, and the Nashville sound / Joli Jensen -- Elvis, country music and the South / Bill C. Malone -- III. Waltz across Texas: local and regional forms and influences -- Local styles and country music: an introductory essay / Paul Fryer -- Country music and the southernization of America / James C. Cobb -- Romantic regionalism and convergent culture in central Texas / Nicholas R. Spitzer -- Mexican musical influences on country songs and styles / George H. Lewis -- A tombstone every mile: country music in Maine / George H. Lewis -- IV. There'll always be a honky-tonk somewhere: country culture -- Honky-tonking: mass mediated culture made personal / Joli Jensen -- Split subjectivity in country music and honky-tonk discourse / Aaron A. Fox -- Alienation and single musicians on the honky-tonk circuit / Karl Neuenfeldt -- V. Nashville skyline: the business of country music -- Country music: popular or folk? / Neil V. Rosenberg -- The commercial art world of country music / George H. Lewis -- Characteristics of successful and unsuccessful country music songs / Charles Jaret -- Function in the country song "Tight Fittin' Jeans" / John H. Planer -- VI. Reasons for rhymers: sensibility, emotion and country values -- Country music and American values / John Buckley -- Tension, conflict and contradiction in country music / George H. Lewis -- Engendering narratives of lament in country music / Katie Stewart -- Romantic narcissism in "outlaw" cowboy music / Michael Dunne -- VII. The streets of Bakersfield (the lights of Baltimore): personal, political and social issues -- Images of women and men in country music / Karen A. Saucier -- Forbitten fruit: interracial love affairs in country music / Stephen I. Thompson -- Country music and organized religion / Jimmie N. Rogers and Stephen A. Smith -- Populist ideology and country music / Jock Mackay -- VIII. If wishes were changes: country at the crossroads -- The old sound of new country / Ken Tucker -- Are you sure Hank done it this way? / David Gates -- Alison Krauss and the contemporary-traditional conflict in modern bluegrass / Mark Fenster -- Rosanne Cash walks her own line / Jan Hoffman. |
| Abstract |
This collection of essays examines modern country music in America, from its roots to today's music. Contributors look at aspects of the music as diverse as the creation of country culture in the honky tonk; the development of the Nashville music industry; and why country music singers are similar to the English romantic poets. Historians, sociologists, musicologists, folklorists, anthropologists, ethnographers, communication specialists, and journalists are all represented. |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other title | Country music in America. |
| LCCN | 92074544 |
| ISBN | 0879725737 |
| ISBN | 0879725745 (pbk.) |
