Dolly Parton's White Limozeen

A discussion of White Limozeen, from Dolly''s self-fashioning of her image to a rigorous critique of her genre. White Limozeen (1989) was a commercial recovery after Dolly Parton''s first major failure two years previously with the release of Rainbow . This book is a case study in how an album is sold and how a persona is constructed. The album itself had a complex relationship to the country music genre at a time when the genre was in the middle of major sonic and cultural shifts, and it represents how country music saw itself. This question of identity was especially relevant since White Limozeen was produced by Ricky Skaggs, the bluegrass prodigy who was in the middle of his own genre widening experiments. The album reflects dense and complex production, shredding ideas of purity, of studio craft, of slickness, and of authenticity, and it is an album in which Dolly seems to be imagining the limits of her own personae - the country girl, the blonde burlesque, the pop legend, the gospel singer.Analyzing the album allows for an investigation into Dolly''s calculated role in self fashioning her image into the icon she is today.>

About the author

Steacy Easton has been writing about country music, sexuality, gender, and politics for more than fifteen years for academic and popular presses. They have written for the Atlantic, Spin, the National Post, NPR, among many others. Easton is the author of Why Tammy Wynette Matters.

Product details

• Authors: Steacy Easton
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9781501390401
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-9040-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 122 mm x 164 mm x 12 mm
• Series: 33 1/3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Country & Western music, Music reviews & criticism, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Gender studies: women and girls, Music reviews and criticism