LEADER 03054nam 2200649 450 001 9910783369403321 005 20230607215400.0 010 $a0-19-772962-2 010 $a1-280-45300-1 010 $a0-19-535529-6 010 $a0-19-518599-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000028829 035 $a(EBL)241269 035 $a(OCoLC)475955896 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001150699 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12529621 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001150699 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11188694 035 $a(PQKB)11187359 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275481 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11210178 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275481 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223101 035 $a(PQKB)11525534 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4701132 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273072 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL45300 035 $a(OCoLC)58995191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4701132 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000028829 100 $a20161011h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWrong's what I do best $ehard country music and contemporary culture /$fBarbara Ching 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-516942-5 311 $a0-19-510835-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Y 330 $aThis 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 on 606 $aCountry music$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aCountry music$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a781.642 700 $aChing$b Barbara$f1958-$01558445 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783369403321 996 $aWrong's what I do best$93822794 997 $aUNINA