Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee

ISBN-13: 9781501321436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 160 str.

Rachel Lee Rubin

Opis

An investigation of the album Okie from Muskogee with special attention to the song Okie, and the controversy and conversations surrounding the song.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; or, Hag as Historian2. The Bakersfield Sound; or, Hag Gets Hard3. Singing a Group Autobiography; or, Hag as Hero4. Misreading "Okie"; or, Hag Gets Hit5. Country Music and Labor; or, Hag's Two Hands6. Good-bye, Merle: Hag Heads Home

O autorze

Rachel Rubin is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA where she directs the Center for the Study of Humanities, Culture, and Society. She has authored and edited numerous books on American popular culture including Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture (NYU Press), American Identities: An Introductory Textbook (Blackwell), and American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century (University of Massachusetts Press). She is a regular commentator on public radio and frequently quoted as a popular culture expert in the mainstream media.