Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Fox, Pamela, 1958-
2. Ching, Barbara, 1958-

Description

1. 281 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Alternative country music > United States > History and criticism

Contents

1. Introduction: The importance of being ironic : toward a theory and critique of alt.country music / Barbara Ching and Pamela Fox -- Selling out or buying in? : alt.country's cultural politics of commercialism / Diane Pecknold -- Growing up and out of alt.country : on Gen X, wearing vintage, and Neko Case / Jon Smith -- Beyond Austin's city limits : Justin Treviño and the boundaries of "alternative" country / Aaron A. Fox -- Meeting in the marketplace : a taste for romance in Songcatcher and O brother, where art thou? / Barbara Ching -- Time as "revelator" : alt.country women's performance of the past / Pamela Fox -- "Regressive country" : the voice of Gram Parsons / Olivia Carter Mather -- Old time punk / Aaron Smithers -- "The burden is passed on" : Son Volt, tradition, and authenticity / Stevie Simkin -- Conclusion : New alternatives? : top 40 "outlaws" Gretchen Wilson, Miranda Lambert, and the Dixie Chicks / Pamela Fox and Barbara Ching -- Alt.country chronology / Kelly Burchfield and Barbara Ching.

Call number

1. JNE 09-25

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-261) and index.

Title

1. Old roots, new routes : the cultural politics of alt.country music / edited by Pamela Fox and Barbara Ching.

Imprint

1. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-261) and index.

Added author

1. Fox, Pamela, 1958-
2. Ching, Barbara, 1958-

LCCN

1. 2008022956

ISBN

1. 9780472070534 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 0472070533 (cloth : alk. paper)
3. 9780472050536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
4. 0472050532 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JNE 09-25