The Oxford Handbook of Country Music (Oxford Handbooks)

Approaches country music through an interdisciplinary lens, Features close analyses of gendered and racial disparities in country music, Examines politics of both the performance of country music and the scholarship surrounding it Book jacket. Now In Its Sixth Decade, Country Music Studies Is A Thriving Field Of Inquiry With Scholars Working In The Fields Of American History, Folklore, Sociology, Anthropology, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Cultural Studies, And Geography, Among Many Others. Covering Issues Of Historiography And Practice As Well As The Ways In Which The Genre Interacts With Media And Social Concerns Such As Class, Gender, And Sexuality, The Oxford Handbook Of Country Music Interrogates Prevailing Narratives, Explore Significant Lacunae In The Current Literature, And Provides Guidance For Future Research. More Than Simply Treating Issues That Have Emerged Within This Subfield, The Chapters In This Volume Connect Broader Discourses Within The Various Fields That Inform Country Music Studies In An Effort To Strengthen The Area's Interdisciplinarity. In Particular, Chapters Explore National Identity In Non-western Countries, Fashion, Politics, And Geocultural Identities Within The Genre. Drawing Upon The Expertise Of Leading And Emerging Scholars, This Handbook Presents An Introduction To The Historiographical Narratives And Methodological Issues That Have Emerged In Country Music Studies' First Half-century. -- From Dust Jacket. Introduction : Situating Country Msuic Studies / Travis D. Stimeling -- Country Music Studies And Folklore / Erika Brady -- The Southerness Of Country Music / Patrick Huber -- The Country Music Association, The Country Music Foundation, And Country Music's History / Diane Pecknold -- Country Music As Cultural Practice / Clifford R. Murphy -- Geography And Country Music : Constructing Geo-cultural Identities / Jada Watson -- On The Notion Of Old-time In Country Music / Gregory N. Reish -- Recording Practice In Country Music / Travis D. Stimeling -- The Singing Voice In Country Music / Stephanie Vander Wel -- This Machine Plays Country Music : Invention, Innovation, And The Pedal Steel Guitar / Tim Sterner Miller -- Country Music And The Recording Industry / Charles L. Hughes -- Country Radio : The Dialectic Of Format And Genre / Eric Weisbard -- Country Music And Television / Tracey E.w. Laird -- Country Music And Film / Barry Mazor -- The Sociology Of Country Music / Richard Lloyd -- Country Music And Class / Leigh H. Edwards -- Race In Country Music Scholarship / Olivia Carter Mather -- Gendered Stages : Country Music, Authenticity, And The Performance Of Gender / Kristine M. Mccusker -- Sexuality In Country Music / Pamela Fox -- The Sacred In Country Music / Stephen Shearon -- Goin' Hillbilly Nuts : Fasion Culture And Visual Style In Country Music / Caroline Gnagy -- Whither The Two-step : Country Dance Rewrites Its Musical Lineage / Jocelyn R. Neal -- These Are My People : The Politics Of Country Music / Jason Mellard -- Country Music And Fan Culture / Jonathan R. Wynn -- What's International About International Country Music? Country Music And National Identity Around The World / Nathan D. Gibson. Edited By Travis D. Stimeling. Series From Dust Jacket. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover The Oxford Handbook of Country Music Copyright Contents List of Contributors Introduction: Situating Country Music Studies 1. Country Music Studies and Folklore 2. The “Southernness” of Country Music 3. The Country Music Association, The Country Music Foundation, and Country Music’s History 4. Country Music as Cultural Practice 5. Geography and Country Music: Constructing “Geo-​Cultural” Identities 6. On the Notion of “Old-​Time” in Country Music 7. Recording Practice in Country Music 8. The Singing Voice in Country Music 9. This Machine Plays Country Music: Invention, Innovation, and the Pedal Steel Guitar 10. Country Music and the Recording Industry 11. Country Radio: The Dialectic of Format and Genre 12. Country Music and Television 13. Country Music and Film 14. The Sociology of Country Music 15. Country Music and Class 16. Race in Country Music Scholarship 17. Gendered Stages: Country Music, Authenticity, and the Performance of Gender 18. Sexuality in Country Music 19. The Sacred in Country Music 20. Goin’ Hillbilly Nuts: Fashion Culture and Visual Style in Country Music 21. Whither the Two-​Step: Country Dance Rewrites Its Musical Lineage 22. “These Are My People”: The Politics of Country Music 23. Country Music and Fan Culture 24. What’s International About International Country Music? Country Music and National Identity Around the World Index Now in its sixth decade, country music studies is a thriving field of inquiry involving scholars working in the fields of American history, folklore, sociology, anthropology, musicology, ethnomusicology, cultural studies, and geography, among many others. Covering issues of historiography and practice as well as the ways in which the genre interacts with media and social concerns such as class, gender, and sexuality, The Oxford Handbook of Country Music interrogates prevailing narratives, explores significant lacunae in the current literature, and provides guidance for future research. More than simply treating issues that have emerged within this subfield, The Oxford Handbook of Country Music works to connect to broader discourses within the various fields that inform country music studies in an effort to strengthen the area's interdisciplinarity. Drawing upon the expertise of leading and emerging scholars, this Handbook presents an introduction into the historiographical narratives and methodological issues that have emerged in country music studies' first half-century. Country music studies is a thriving interdisciplinary field. 'The Oxford Handbook of Country Music' draws upon the expertise of leading and emerging scholars to present an introduction into the historiographical narratives and methodological issues that have emerged in country music studies' first half-century and to suggest potential avenues for further research