Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels : the women of barn dance radio

Title
  1. Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels : the women of barn dance radio / Kristine M. McCusker.
Published by
  1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008], ©2008.
Author
  1. McCusker, Kristine M.

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Description
  1. xi, 194 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Music in American life
Uniform title
  1. Music in American life.
Subject
  1. Women country musicians > United States
  2. Country music > History and criticism
  3. Radio and music > United States
Contents
  1. Introduction: Women, the Barn Dance Radio Genre, and the Roots of the Country and Western Music Industry -- 1. "Family Songs of Surpassing Sweetness" Vaudeville, Appalachia, Technology, and the Emergence of Barn Dance Radio -- 2. "Bury Me beneath the Willow" Jeanne Muenich, Linda Parker, and the Appearance of Southern Female Characters on Barn Dance Stages -- 3. "Hey, Hey, Hey, the Hayloft Gang Is Here" Lulu Belle Wiseman and the Emergence of the Professional Radio Barn Dance -- 4. "Will There Be Any Yodelers in Heaven?" The Girls of the Golden West and Selling the Stage -- 5. Banjo Pickin' Girl: Lily May Ledford, the Roosevelts, and Constructing National Identity -- 6. "Howdee! I'm Jes So Proud T'Be Here" Sarah Colley Cannon (Better Known as Minnie Pearl), World War II, and the Grand Ole Opry -- 7. "Oh Carry Me Back to the Mountains" Rose Lee Maphis and Laboring on the Air -- Coda: Barn Dance Radio's New Friend, Loretta Lynn.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.