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A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music
Contributor(s): Pecknold, Diane (Editor), McCusker, Kristine M. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1578066786     ISBN-13: 9781578066780
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2004
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Annotation: An anthology that questions the roles gender plays in creating and marketing a great American musical form

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BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 781.642
LCCN: 2004007354
Series: American Made Music (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.02" W x 9.02" L (0.84 lbs) 232 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1236
 
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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 the music they revered.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays is the first book-length effort to examine how gender conventions, both masculine and feminine, have structured the creation and marketing of country music. The essays explore the uses of gender in creating the personas of stars as diverse as Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, and Shania Twain. The authors also examine how deeply conventions have influenced the institutions and everyday experiences that give country music its image: the popular and fan press, the country music industry in Nashville, and the line dance crazes that created the dance hall boom of the 1990s.

From Hank Thompson's The Wild Side of Life to Johnny Cash's A Boy Named Sue, from Tammy Wynette's Stand by Your Man to Loretta Lynn's ode to birth control, The Pill, A Boy Named Sue demonstrates the role gender played in the development of country music and its current prominence.

Contributor Bio(s): Pecknold, Diane: - Diane Pecknold is an associate professor of women's and gender studies at the University of Louisville.McCusker, Kristine M.: - Kristine M. McCusker is a professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University.
 
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