| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 594 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 552-582) and index. |
| Contents |
The spirit of the mountains: women in American folk music -- Southern sentiments: country females in nineteenth-century show business -- Single girl, married girl: the Carter Family and the birth of country music recording -- "The Nashville Barn Dance": country women, radio, and the Great Depression -- Hungry disgusted blues: women in protest -- Hollywood Hayride: country music women in World War II -- Honky-tonk girl: Kitty Wells and her postwar sisters -- All-day sing: women and southern gospel music -- Rockabilly women: let's have a party -- The Nashville Sound: Patsy Cline and "The Grand Ole Opry" -- The folk revival: come all ye fair and tender maidens -- You're lookin' at country: Loretta Lynn and working-class pride -- The heroines of heartbreak: Tammy Wynette and traditional values -- Just because I'm a woman: Dolly Parton and her savvy sisters -- Hollywood, Tennessee: Barbara Mandrell and the show queens of country music -- Back to country: Emmylou Harris and the country-rock fusion -- Little darlin's not my name: women in bluegrass -- Eighties ladies and beyond: images for our times. |
| Subject |
Country music -- History and criticism.
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Country musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Women country musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Oermann, Robert K.
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| ISBN |
0517581140 hardcover $32.50 |
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9780517581148 hardcover |
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