Whose country music? : genre, identity, and belonging in twenty-first-century country music culture /
In a period in which racism and gender inequity are at the fore of public, political and scholarly discourse, this collection challenges systems of gatekeeping that have dictated who gets to participate in twenty-first century country music culture. Building on established scholarship, this book exa...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- "She went to Nashville to sing country music" : Gatekeeping and the Country Music Industry / by Paula J. Bishop and Jada Watson
- INDUSTRY. Mailbox Money : Novel Liberation Strategies of a Black Female Country Songwriter / by Alice Randall ; Dixie Chicked : Sony vs. The Chicks and the Regendering of Country Music in the Early Twentieth-Century / by Kristine M. McCusker ; How 360° Deals Homogenized Country Music / by Rachel Skaggs ; A Double-Edged Sword : Industry Data and the Construction of Country Music Narratives / by Jada Watson
- CODES OF CONDUCT. Why Country Music Needs Latina Feminism / by Sophia Enriquez ; Pistol Annies : Country Rebels with Humor / by Stephanie Vander Wel ; From Bros to Gentlemen : The Problem of Consent in Contemporary Country Music / by Phoebe E. Hughes ; Cowboys on a Beach : Summer Country and the Loss of Working-Class Identity / by Jocelyn R. Neal
- AUTHENTICITY. Dolly Parton's Netflix Reimagining : How Her Twenty-First Century "Jolene" Revises Country Music's Authenticity Narrative / by Leigh H. Edwards ; "When Britney [Spears] Ruled the World" : Expanding the Stylistic Boundaries of Nostalgia in Country Music / by Paula J. Bishop ; Rhinestone Revivals : Repurposing the Nudie Suit for the Twenty-first Century / by Janet Aspley ; Country Music Doesn't Have to Suck : Intertextuality, Community, and Bloodshot Records / by Nancy P. Riley
- BOUNDARY WORK. Playing at the Border : Navajo Country Western Music and Border Town Racism / by Kristina Jacobsen ; Country-Loving Mexican Americans: Dual Patriotism and Inevitable Fandom among Mexican American Country Music Lovers / by Nadine Hubbs ; Practices of Genre Surveillance in Country Music: Hearing Racial Politics in Beyonce's and The Chicks' "Daddy Lessons" / by Rebekah Hutten ; "We have a Lot of Work to Do" : Rhiannon Giddens and Country Music's Mixed Roots / by Tracey E. Laird
- Epilogue. Country Music Needs a Revolution / by Rissi Palmer.