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Hillbilly maidens, okies, and cowgirls : women's country music, 1930-1960 / Stephanie Vander Wel

Vander Wel, Stephanie [Verfasser]

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2020

Oxford : Oxford University Press

1 Online-Ressource : Illustrations (black and white).

Music in American life

Illinois scholarship online

Also issued in print: 2020

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-252-05194-4 ; 978-0-25-204308-6

LS 48610

 

Countrymusic  Musiker  Frau  USA  Geschichte 1930-1960 

 

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Well before the success of Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, female artists were integral to the commercial expansion and aural reception of country music. Women in early country music took on and redefined the theatrical and musical roles of the hillbilly maiden, the unruly Okie, the singing cowgirl, and the honky-tonk angel in live performance, on radio, in film, and in the recording studio. This work accounts for the vibrant presence of female country artists through an interdisciplinary focus on performance and vocal expression in relation to the cultural currents of the 1930s and 1950s.