A boy named Sue : gender and country music /
From the smiling, sentimental mothers portrayed in 1930s radio barn dance posters, to the sexual shockwaves generated by Elvis Presley, to the female superstars redefining contemporary country music, gender roles and imagery have profoundly influenced the ways country music is made and enjoyed. Prop...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2004.
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| Series: | American made music series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | From the smiling, sentimental mothers portrayed in 1930s radio barn dance posters, to the sexual shockwaves generated by Elvis Presley, to the female superstars redefining contemporary country music, gender roles and imagery have profoundly influenced the ways country music is made and enjoyed. Proper male and female roles have influenced the kinds of sounds and images that could be included in country music; preconceptions of gender have helped to determine the songs and artists audiences would buy or reject; and gender has shaped the identities listeners made for themselves in relation to th. |
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| Item Description: | ACLS Humanities Ebooks Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page xxiv) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781604739565 1604739568 9786612555619 6612555610 |
