Rednecks, queers, and country music /
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 reperto...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520958340 0520958349 |