| Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels: The Women of Barn Dance Radio Contributor(s): McCusker, Kristine M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252075242 ISBN-13: 9780252075247 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $18.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: Popular between the two world wars, American barn dance radio evoked comforting images of a nostalgic and stable past for listeners beset by economic problems at home and worried about totalitarian governments abroad. Sentimental images such as the mountain mother and the chaste everybody's-little-sister "girl singer" helped to sell a new consumer culture and move commercial country music from regional fare to national treasure. Kristine M. McCusker examines the gendered politics of these images through the lives and careers of six women performers: Linda Parker, the Girls of the Golden West (Milly and Dolly Good), Lily May Ledford, Minnie Pearl, and Rose Lee Maphis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 781.642 |
| LCCN: 2007035937 |
| Series: Music in American Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.44" W x 9.04" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: American barn dance radio of the 1920s-1940s evoked comforting images of a nostalgic and stable past for listeners beset by economic problems at home and worried about totalitarian governments abroad. Sentimental images such as the mountain mother and the chaste everybody's-little-sister "girl singer" helped to sell a new consumer culture and move commercial country music from regional fare to national treasure. Drawing on personal interviews and rich archival material from the Grand Ole Opry, Kristine M. McCusker examines the gendered politics of the images through the lives and careers of six women performers: Linda Parker, the Girls of the Golden West (Milly and Dolly Good), Lily May Ledford, Minnie Pearl, and Rose Lee Maphis. |