Old roots, new routes : the cultural politics of alt.country music /

Old roots, new routes : the cultural politics of alt.country music /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fox, Pamela, 1958-, Ching, Barbara, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Alternative country music > United States > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The importance of being ironic : toward a theory and critique of alt.country music / Barbara Ching and Pamela Fox
  • Selling out or buying in? : alt.country's cultural politics of commercialism / Diane Pecknold
  • Growing up and out of alt.country : on Gen X, wearing vintage, and Neko Case / Jon Smith
  • Beyond Austin's city limits : Justin Treviño and the boundaries of "alternative" country / Aaron A. Fox
  • Meeting in the marketplace : a taste for romance in Songcatcher and O brother, where art thou? / Barbara Ching
  • Time as "revelator" : alt.country women's performance of the past / Pamela Fox
  • "Regressive country" : the voice of Gram Parsons / Olivia Carter Mather
  • Old time punk / Aaron Smithers
  • "The burden is passed on" : Son Volt, tradition, and authenticity / Stevie Simkin
  • Conclusion : New alternatives? : top 40 "outlaws" Gretchen Wilson, Miranda Lambert, and the Dixie Chicks / Pamela Fox and Barbara Ching
  • Alt.country chronology / Kelly Burchfield and Barbara Ching.