Creating country music : fabricating authenticity / Richard A. Peterson.
Peterson, Richard A.
1997
ML3524 .P48 1997 (Mapit)
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Title Creating country music : fabricating authenticity / Richard A. Peterson.
Author Peterson, Richard A.
ISBN 9780226662855 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226662853 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226662848 alk. paper)
0226662845 (alk. paper)
Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1997.
Language English
Description xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number ML3524 .P48 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 781.642/09
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Introduction : Finding country authority
pt. 1. Making the music commercial. Atlanta : birthplace of commercial country music
Renewable tradition : the Carter family and Jimmie Rodgers
Gallery 1 : The folk vs. pop look
pt. 2. Fabricating the image of authenticity. Old-timer image of authenticity
Hillbilly image of authenticity
Cowboy image of authenticity
Gallery 2 : Geezers, hillbillies, and cowboys
Pt. 3. Radio-made country music in the 1930s. The Barn Dance in the air
Radio station barnstorming
Soft shell vs. hard core : the Vagabonds vs. Roy Acuff
Gallery 3 : The evolving hard-core and soft-shell looks
pt. 4. Making country reproducible. Honky-tonk firmament : lives, music, lyrics
Hank Williams as the personification of country music
Gallery 4 : Iconic country
Creating a field called "country"
pt. 5. Authenticity and the future of country music. Authenticity : a renewable resource
Can the circle be unbroken?

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