Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels - The Women of Barn Dance Radio

Informationen zum Autor Kristine M. McCusker is a professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University. She is a coeditor of Country Boys and Redneck Women: New Essays in Gender and Country Music . Klappentext A collective biography of the women who shaped early country and western music Zusammenfassung A collective biography of the women who shaped early country and western music Inhaltsverzeichnis CoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Women, the Barn Dance Radio Genre, and the Roots of the Country and Western Music Industry1. "Family Songs of Surpassing Sweetness" Vaudeville, Appalachia, Technology, and the Emergence of Barn Dance Radio2. "Bury Me beneath the Willow" Jeanne Muenich, Linda Parker, and the Appearance of Southern Female Characters on Barn Dance Stages3. "Hey, Hey, Hey, the Hayloft Gang Is Here" Lulu Belle Wiseman and the Emergence of the Professional Radio Barn Dance4. "Will There Be Any Yodelers in Heaven?" The Girls of the Golden West and Selling the Stage5. Banjo Pickin' Girl Lily May Ledford, the Roosevelts, and Constructing National IdentityIllustrations6. "Howdee! I'm Jes So Proud T'Be Here" Sarah Colley Cannon (Better Known as Minnie Pearl), World War II, and the Grand Ole Opry7. "Oh Carry Me Back to the Mountains" Rose Lee Maphis and Laboring on the AirCoda: Barn Dance Radio's New Friend, Loretta LynnNotesBibliographyIndexBack cover

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• Authors: Kristine Mccusker, Kristine M McCusker, Kristine M. Mccusker
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2008
• EAN: 9780252075247
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07524-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Music in American Life; Music in American Life (Paperb; Music in American Life; Music in American Life (Paperb
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous