Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls women's country music, 1930-1960

Title
  1. Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls [electronic resource] : women's country music, 1930-1960 / Stephanie Vander Wel.
Published by
  1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2020.
Author
  1. Vander Wel, Stephanie, 1969-

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Description
  1. 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
  1. "Looks at the careers of artists like Patsy Montana, Rose Maddox, and Kitty Wells against the backdrop of country music's golden age. Analyzing recordings and appearances on radio, film, and television, Stephanie Vander Wel connects performances to real and imagined places and examines how the music sparked new ways for women listeners to imagine the open range, the honky-tonk, and the home. The music also captured the tensions felt by women facing geographic disruption and economic uncertainty. While classic songs and heartfelt performances might ease anxieties, the subject matter underlined women's ambivalent relationships to industrialism, middle-class security, and established notions of femininity"--
Series statement
  1. Music in American life
Uniform title
  1. Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls (Online)
Alternative title
  1. Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls (Online)
Subject
  1. Wells, Kitty
  2. Montana, Patsy
  3. Maddox, Rose
  4. Lulu Belle, 1913-1999
  5. WLS (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
  6. Country music > To 1951 > History and criticism
  7. Country music > 1951-1960 > History and criticism
  8. Women country musicians > United States
  9. Radio and music > United States > History > 20th century
Contents
  1. WLS and the National Barn Dance. Early Country Music : The Crossing of Musical Hierarchies on Chicago's WLS ; The Rural Masquerades of Gender : Lulu Belle and Her Radio Audience ; Gendering the Musical West : Patsy Montana's Cowgirl Songs of Tomboy Glamour -- California Country Music. Carolina Cotton : Yodeling Virtuosity and Theatricality in California Country Music ; Rose Maddox : Roadhouse Singing and Hillbilly Theatrics -- Nashville's Honky-Tonk and Country Music Industry. Voices of Angels : Kitty Wells and the Emergence of Women's Honky-Tonk ; Domestic Respectability : The Marketing of Honky-Tonk Performers -- Conclusion : Country Vocalities and Gendered Theatrics.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Author
  1. Vander Wel, Stephanie, 1969-
Title
  1. Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls [electronic resource] : women's country music, 1930-1960 / Stephanie Vander Wel.
Imprint
  1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2020.
Series
  1. Music in American life
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
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  1. Available onsite at NYPL
LCCN
  1. 2019052253
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