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Ain't that a knee-slapper : rural comedy in the twentieth century /

There was a time when rural comedians drew most of their humor from tales of farmers' daughters, hogs, hens, and hill country high jinks. Lum and Abner and Ma and Pa Kettle might not have toured happily under the "Redneck" marquee, but they were its precursors. In Ain't That a Kn...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hollis, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Introduction: What This Book Ain't; Chapter One: Let's See What's Going on Down in Pine Ridge; Chapter Two: Radio Rules the Roost; Chapter Three: Hillbillies Go Hollywood; Chapter Four: Feudin', Fussin', and A-Fightin'; Chapter Five: Peace in the Valley; Chapter Six: What It Was, Was the Fifties; Chapter Seven: The Country Broadcasting System; Chapter Eight: From Cartoon Alley to Kornfield Kounty; Chapter Nine: They're in a Heap o' Trouble; Chapter Ten: Still Fertile Ground; Bibliography; Index.