REDNECKS & BLUENECKS – The Politics of Country Music
Inbunden bok. The New Press. 2005. 320 sidor.
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Willman looks at the way country music's increasing popularity and conservative drift parallel the transformation of the Democratic South into the heart of the Republican mainstream.
• On the eve of America's invasion of Iraq, the Dixie Chicks went from being the leading lights of country music to heartland pariahs almost overnight, thanks to one Bush-bashing aside on a London stage. A year later, the list of entertainers stumping for Dubya consisted almost exclusively of country stars like Brooks & Dunn, Lee Ann Womack, and Travis Tritt. How did the erstwhile music of the rural working class come to be the music of choice of the Republican Party? In Rednecks and Bluenecks, Entertainment Weekly senior writer Chris Willman looks at how country's increasing popularity and conservative drift parallel the transformation of the Democratic South into the heart of the Republican mainstream. Meanwhile, for all those Steve Earle souls trapped in Toby Keith counties, alt-country has emerged as a refuge for the loyal opposition. Written with intelligence and wit, Rednecks and Bluenecks makes clear that country and its offshoots represent the one strain of American music where a passionate political debate is taking place.
Written in a “breezy, irreverent style” (Publishers Weekly), Rednecks and Bluenecks “explore[s] the left- or right-wing leanings of his subjects, from heavyweights like the Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith, Steve Earle, Brooks & Dunn, and Clint Black to newer, minor artists like the Drive-By Truckers.” Interviewing “nearly everyone who’s anyone in country music, from Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn to current superstars like Ronnie Dunn” (In These Times), Willman makes clear that country is a place where a passionate American political debate is taking place.
"A really interesting perspective on politics and country music. Jumps around a bit but approaches it from a lot of different, interesting angles. A bit dated - would absolutely love to see an updated edition one day, especially since Chely Wright's coming out and everything that has changed in the past 9 years. A fresh look at the American political landscape."
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781595580177
- Titel
- Rednecks & bluenecks : the politics of country music
- Författare
- Willman, Chris.
- Förlag
- New York : New Press
- Utgivningsår
- 2005
- Språk
- English
