03054nam 2200649 450 991078336940332120230607215400.00-19-772962-21-280-45300-10-19-535529-60-19-518599-4(CKB)1000000000028829(EBL)241269(OCoLC)475955896(SSID)ssj0001150699(PQKBManifestationID)12529621(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001150699(PQKBWorkID)11188694(PQKB)11187359(SSID)ssj0000275481(PQKBManifestationID)11210178(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275481(PQKBWorkID)10223101(PQKB)11525534(Au-PeEL)EBL4701132(CaPaEBR)ebr11273072(CaONFJC)MIL45300(OCoLC)58995191(MiAaPQ)EBC4701132(EXLCZ)99100000000002882920161011h20012001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWrong's what I do best hard country music and contemporary culture /Barbara ChingOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2001.©20011 online resource (199 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516942-5 0-19-510835-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: Learning the hard way; 1 "Country 'til I die": Contemporary hard country and the incurable unease of class distinction; 2 The Possum, the Hag, and the Rhinestone Cowboy: The burlesque abjection of the white male; 3 The hard act to follow: Hank Williams and the legacy of hard country stardom; 4 Drawing hard lines: Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, and the Bakersfield Sound; 5 Dying hard: Hard country at the finish line?; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThis is the first study of ""hard"" country music as well as the first comprehensive application of contemporary cultural theory to country music. Barbara Ching begins by defining the features that make certain country songs and artists ""hard."" She compares hard country music to ""high"" American culture, arguing that hard country deliberately focuses on its low position in the American cultural hierarchy, comically singing of failures to live up to American standards of affluence, while mainstream country music focuses on nostalgia, romance, and patriotism of regular folk. With chapters onCountry musicHistory and criticismCountry musicHistory and criticism.781.642Ching Barbara1958-1558445MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783369403321Wrong's what I do best3822794UNINA