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Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls Women’s Country Music, 1930-1960
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Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls [electronic resource] : Women’s Country Music, 1930-1960 / Stephanie Vander Wel.
ISBN
0252051947
9780252051944
0252043081
9780252043086
9780252084959
Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2020. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2020 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2020 Film, Theater and Performing Arts.
Other formats
Online version: Vander Wel, Stephanie, 1969- Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2020.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2020
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
WLS and the National Barn Dance. Early Country Music : The Crossing of Musical Hierarchies on Chicago's WLS ; The Rural Masquerades of Gender : Lulu Belle and Her Radio Audience ; Gendering the Musical West : Patsy Montana's Cowgirl Songs of Tomboy Glamour
California Country Music. Carolina Cotton : Yodeling Virtuosity and Theatricality in California Country Music ; Rose Maddox : Roadhouse Singing and Hillbilly Theatrics
Nashville's Honky-Tonk and Country Music Industry. Voices of Angels : Kitty Wells and the Emergence of Women's Honky-Tonk ; Domestic Respectability : The Marketing of Honky-Tonk Performers
Conclusion : Country Vocalities and Gendered Theatrics.
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