| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I. Rednecks and country music -- part II. Rrednecks, country music, and the queer |
| Summary |
In her provocative new book Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music, Nadine Hubbs looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Skillfully weaving historical inquiry with an examination of classed cultural repertoires and close listening to country songs, Hubbs confronts the shifting and deeply entangled workings of taste, sexuality, and class politics. In Hubbs's view, the popular phrase ""I'll listen to anything but country"" allows middle-class Americans to declare inclusive ""omnivore"" musical tastes with one |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Country music -- History and criticism
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Country music -- Social aspects -- United States
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Homosexuality and popular music -- United States
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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MUSIC -- General.
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Country music
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Country music -- Social aspects
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Homosexuality and popular music
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520958340 |
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0520958349 |
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