A boy named Sue : gender and country music / edited by Kristine M. McCusker and Diane Pecknold.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCusker, Kristine M.

Pecknold, Diane.

Series:

American made music series.

American made music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country music--History and criticism.

Country music.

Femininity in popular culture.

Masculinity in popular culture.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the smiling, sentimental mothers portrayed in 1930's radio barn dance posters, to the sexual shock waves generated by Elvis Presley, to the female superstars redefining contemporary country music, gender roles and imagery have profoundly influenced the ways country music is made and enjoyed. Proper male and female roles have influenced the kinds of sounds and images that could be included in country music; preconceptions of gender have helped to determine the songs and artists audiences would buy or reject; and gender has shaped the identities listeners made for themselves in relation

Contents:

Contents; Foreword: Muddying the Clear Water: The Dubious Transparency of Country Music; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Bibliography and Further Reading; "Bury Me Beneath the Willow": Linda Parker and Definitions of Tradition on the National Barn Dance, 1932-1935; "Spade Doesn't Look Exactly Starved": Country Music and the Negotiation of Women's Domesticity in Cold War Los Angeles; Charline Arthur: The (Un)Making of a Honky-Tonk Star; I Don't Think Hank Done It That Way: Elvis, Country Music, and the Reconstruction of Southern Masculinity

"I Wanna Play House": Configurations of Masculinity in the Nashville Sound Era Patsy Cline's Crossovers: Celebrity, Reputation, and Feminine Identity; Dancing Together: The Rhythms of Gender in the Country Dance Hall; Between Riot Grrrl and Quiet Girl: The New Women's Movement in Country Music; Going Back to the Old Mainstream No Depression, Robbie Fulks, and Alt.Country's Muddied Waters; Postlude; Notes; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612555619

9781621031628

1621031624

9781282555617

1282555618

9781604739565

1604739568

OCLC:

630115368

Publisher Number:

2027/heb34653 hdl