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by Kristine M. McCusker


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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.

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  • Title Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels: The Women of Barn Dance Radio
  • Author Kristine M. McCusker
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date March 24, 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780252075247 / 0252075242
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.44 x 0.56 in (22.96 x 16.36 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Country/Cowboy
  • Library of Congress subjects Country music - History and criticism, Women country musicians - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007035937
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.642

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 04/01/2008, Page 85

About the author

Kristine M. McCusker is a professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University. She is a coeditor of Country Boys and Redneck Women: New Essays in Gender and Country Music.
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