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Title The honky tonk on the left : progressive thought in country music / edited by Mark Allan Jackson
Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 308 pages)
Series American Popular Music
American popular music (Amherst, Mass.)
Contents Introduction. Richard Nixon, Johnny Cash, and the political soul of country music / Mark Allan Jackson -- The N.R.A. blues : commercial country music and the New Deal / Gregory N. Reish -- Senator Glen H. Taylor : radio's utopian singing cowboy / Peter La Chapelle -- Weeping and flamboyant men : Webb Pierce and the campy theatrics of country music / Stephanie Vander Wel -- Stand up to your man : the working-class feminism of Loretta Lynn / Mark Allan Jackson -- "I'm the other one" : O.B. McClinton and the racial politics of country music in the 1970s / Charles L. Hughes -- "I'm a radical for real" : an oral history of country music's original outlaw, Steve Young / Ted Olson -- "Them's my kind of people" : cross-marginal solidarity in country music of the long seventies / Nadine Hubbs -- Man against machine : Garth Brooks as player and provocateur / Stephanie Shonekan -- "Leave country music to white folk"? : narratives from contemporary African-American country artists on race and music / Stephen A. King and P. Renee Foster -- Reading hick-hop : the shotgun marriage of hip-hop and country music / Tressie McMillan Cottom -- Alternative country music and the American midwest as industrial wasteland / Travis D. Stimeling -- The politics of covers : Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin, and the American recordings / Jonathan Silverman
Summary Massively popular for the past century, country music has often been associated with political and social conservatism. While such figures as George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Ted Cruz have embraced and even laid claim to this musical genre over the years, country performers have long expressed bold and progressive positions on a variety of public issues, whether through song lyrics, activism, or performance style. Bringing together a wide spectrum of cultural critics, The Honky Tonk on the Left takes on this conservative stereotype and reveals how progressive thought has permeated country music from its beginnings to the present day. The original essays in this collection analyze how diverse performers, including Fiddlin' John Carson, Webb Pierce, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, O. B. McClinton, Garth Brooks, and Uncle Tupelo, have taken on such issues as government policies, gender roles, civil rights, prison reform, and labor unrest. Taking notice of the wrongs in their eras, these musicians worked to address them in song and action, often with strong support from fans. In addition to the volume editor, this collection includes work by Gregory N. Reish, Peter La Chapelle, Stephanie Vander Wel, Charles L. Hughes, Ted Olson, Nadine Hubbs, Stephanie Shonekan, Stephen A. King, P. Renee Foster, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Travis D. Stimeling, and Jonathan Silverman. -- Publisher's website 20231016
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 03, 2018)
Subject Country music -- Political aspects
Progressivism (United States politics)
Country music -- History and criticism
MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Country music
Progressivism (United States politics)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Jackson, Mark Allan, editor.
LC no. 2017054484
ISBN 9781613765760
1613765762
9781613765777
1613765770
Other Titles Progressive thought in country music