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Book SynopsisParticipation in country music culture has long been dictated and restricted by entrenched systems of gatekeeping. This collection contests those systems and challenges the received narrative, examining contemporary issues in country music through feminist, intersectional, and post-colonialist theories.
Table of ContentsIndustry: 1. Mailbox Money: Novel Liberation Strategies of a Black Female Country Songwriter Alice Randall; 2. Dixie Chicked: Sony vs. The Chicks and the Regendering of Country Music in the Early Twentieth-Century Kristine M. McCusker; 3. How 360° Deals Homogenized Country Music Rachel Skaggs; 4. A Double-Edged Sword: Industry Data and the Construction of Country Music Narratives Jada Watson; Codes of Conduct: 5. Why Country Music Needs Latina Feminism Sophia Enriquez; 6. Pistol Annies: Country Rebels with Humor Stephanie Vander Wel; 7. From Bros to Gentlemen: The Problem of Consent in Contemporary Country Music Phoebe E. Hughes; 8. Cowboys on a Beach: Summer Country and the Loss of Working-Class Identity Jocelyn R. Neal. Authenticity: 9. Dolly Parton's Netflix Reimagining: How Her Twenty-First Century 'Jolene' Revises Country Music's Authenticity Narrative Leigh H. Edwards; 10. 'When Britney [Spears] Ruled the World': Expanding the Stylistic Boundaries of Nostalgia in Country Music Paula J. Bishop; 11. Rhinestone Revivals: Repurposing the Nudie Suit for the Twenty-first Century Janet Aspley; 12. Country Music Doesn't Have to Suck: Intertextuality, Community, and Bloodshot Records Nancy P. Riley. Boundary Work: 13. Playing at the Border: Navajo Country Western Music and Border Town Racism Kristina Jacobsen; 14. Country-Loving Mexican Americans: Dual Patriotism and Inevitable Fandom among Mexican American Country Music Lovers Nadine Hubbs; 15. Practices of Genre Surveillance in Country Music: Hearing Racial Politics in Beyoncé's and The Chicks' 'Daddy Lessons' Rebekah Hutten; 16. 'We Have a Lot of Work to Do': Rhiannon Giddens and Country Music's Mixed Roots Tracey E. Laird. Epilogue: Country Music Needs a Revolution Rissi Palmer.
