Natural Acts - Gender, Race, and Rusticity in Country Music

Explores the ways that musicians - particularly female artists - have established a 'natural' country identity. This book focuses on revealing moments in country performance including: blackface comedy on radio and stage before 1945 (concentrating on Opry performers Jamup and Honey), and the minstrel's 'rube' or hillbilly equivalent.

About the author

Pamela Fox is Associate Professor of English and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Georgetown University.

Summary

Hillbilly, honky-tonk, Nashville glitz, or alt.country: what makes music authentically country?

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Fox
• Publisher: University Of Michigan Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2009
• EAN: 9780472070688
• ISBN: 978-0-472-07068-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Class: Culture (Hardcover); Class : Culture; Class : Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music