Queer Country / Shana Goldin-Perschbacher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldin-Perschbacher, Shana, author.

Series:

Music in American life.

Music in American Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country music--History and criticism.

Country music.

Gender identity in music.

Gay musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]

Summary:

Though frequently ignored by the music mainstream, queer and transgender country and Americana artists have made essential contributions as musicians, performers, songwriters, and producers. 'Queer Country' blends ethnographic research with analysis and history to provide an i-depth study of these artists and their work. Shana Goldin-Perschbacher delves into the careers of well-known lesbian artists like k.d. lang and Amy Ray and examines the unlikely success of singer-songwriter Patrick Haggerty, who found fame forty years after releasing the first out gay country album. She also focuses on later figures like nonbinary transgender musician Rae Spoon and renowned drag queen country artist Trixie Mattel; and on recent breakthrough artists like Orville Peck, Amythyst Kiah, and chart-topping Grammy-winning phenomenon Lil Nas X.

Contents:

Queer Country and Sincerity

Genre Trouble

Rurality and Journey as Queer and Trans Musical Narratives

(Mis)representation, Ownership, and Appropriation

Masks, Sincerity, and (Re)claiming Country Music.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 12, 2022).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252053221

0252053222

OCLC:

1276804952