Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls: women's country music, 1930-1960

"Looks at the careers of artists like Patsy Montana, Rose Maddox, and Kitty Wells against the backdrop of country music's golden age. Analyzing recordings and appearances on radio, film, and television, Stephanie Vander Wel connects performances to real and imagined places and examines how...

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1. Verfasser: Vander Wel, Stephanie 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana University of Illinois Press [2020]
Schriftenreihe:Music in American life
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Zusammenfassung:"Looks at the careers of artists like Patsy Montana, Rose Maddox, and Kitty Wells against the backdrop of country music's golden age. Analyzing recordings and appearances on radio, film, and television, Stephanie Vander Wel connects performances to real and imagined places and examines how the music sparked new ways for women listeners to imagine the open range, the honky-tonk, and the home. The music also captured the tensions felt by women facing geographic disruption and economic uncertainty. While classic songs and heartfelt performances might ease anxieties, the subject matter underlined women's ambivalent relationships to industrialism, middle-class security, and established notions of femininity"--
Beschreibung:xi, 250 Seiten
ISBN:9780252084959
9780252043086