The Women of Country Music - A Reader (Hardcover, New)

Charles K. Wolfe, James E. Akenson

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Women have been pivotal in the country music scene since its inception, as Charles K. Wolfe and James E. Akenson make clear in The Women of Country Music. Their groundbreaking volume presents the best current scholarship and writing on female country musicians. Beginning with the 1920s career of teenage guitar picker Roba Stanley, the contributors go on to discuss Polly Jenkins and Her Musical Plowboys, 50s honky-tonker Rose Lee Maphis, superstar Faith Hill, the relationship between Emmylou Harris and poet Bronwen Wallace, the Louisiana Hayride's Margaret Lewis Warwick, and more.

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Imprint:	The University Press of Kentucky
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	June 2003
Editors:	Charles K. Wolfe • James E. Akenson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8131-2280-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Country & western Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Country & western Promotions
LSN:	0-8131-2280-5
Barcode:	9780813122809