Description |
281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: The importance of being ironic : toward a theory and critique of alt.country music / Barbara Ching and Pamela Fox -- Selling out or buying in? : alt.country's cultural politics of commercialism / Diane Pecknold -- Growing up and out of alt.country : on Gen X, wearing vintage, and Neko Case / Jon Smith -- Beyond Austin's city limits : Justin Treviño and the boundaries of "alternative" country / Aaron A. Fox -- Meeting in the marketplace : a taste for romance in Songcatcher and O brother, where art thou? / Barbara Ching -- Time as "revelator" : alt.country women's performance of the past / Pamela Fox -- "Regressive country" : the voice of Gram Parsons / Olivia Carter Mather -- Old time punk / Aaron Smithers -- "The burden is passed on" : Son Volt, tradition, and authenticity / Stevie Simkin -- Conclusion : New alternatives? : top 40 "outlaws" Gretchen Wilson, Miranda Lambert, and the Dixie Chicks / Pamela Fox and Barbara Ching -- Alt.country chronology / Kelly Burchfield and Barbara Ching. |
Subject |
Alternative country music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Alternative country music. |
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United States. |
Added Author |
Fox, Pamela, 1958-
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Ching, Barbara, 1958-
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ISBN |
9780472050536 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780472070534 cloth alkaline paper |
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0472070533 cloth alkaline paper |
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0472050532 paperback alkaline paper |
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