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Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls : women's country music, 1930-1960 /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vander Wel, Stephanie, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Series:Music in American life.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.