Creating Country Music Fabricating Authenticity

Name: Creating Country Music Fabricating Authenticity
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ISBN: 9780226662855

ISBN-10: 0226662853

ISBN-13: 9780226662855

Edition: 1999

Authors: Richard A. Peterson

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This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams.

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Acknowledgments: A Note on Method



Introduction: Finding Country Authenticity



Making the Music Commercial



Atlanta: Birthplace of Commercial Country Music



Renewable Tradition: The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers Gallery 1


The Folk vs. Pop Look



Fabricating the Image of Authenticity



Old-Timer Image of Authenticity



Hillbilly Image of Authenticity



Cowboy Image of Authenticity Gallery 2 Geezers, Hillbillies, and Cowboys



Radio-Made Country Music in the 1930s



The Barn Dance in the Air



Radio Station Barnstorming



Soft Shell vs. Hard Core: The Vagabonds vs. Roy Acuff Gallery 3 The Evolving Hard-Core and Soft Shell Looks



Making Country Reproducible



Honky-Tonk Firmament: Lives, Music, Lyrics



Hank Williams as the Personification of Country Music Gallery 4 Iconic Country



Creating a Field Called "Country"



Authenticity and the Future of Country Music



Authenticity: A Renewable Resource



Can the Circle Be Unbroken? Notes References Credits General Index Song


Index