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I'd fight the world : a political history of old-time, hillbilly, and country music / Peter La Chapelle.

I would fight the world (other title)
La Chapelle, Peter, (author.).

Summary:

Long before the United States had presidents from the world of movies and reality TV, we had scores of politicians with connections to country music. In Id Fight the World, Peter La Chapelle traces the deep bonds between country music and politics, from the nineteenth-century rise of fiddler-politicians to more recent figures like Pappy ODaniel, Roy Acuff, and Rob Quist. These performers and politicians both rode and resisted cultural waves: some advocated for the poor and dispossessed, and others voiced religious and racial anger, but they all walked the line between exploiting their celebrity and righteously taking on the world. La Chapelle vividly shows how country music campaigners have profoundly influenced the American political landscape

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780226922997
  • ISBN: 0226922995
  • ISBN: 9780226923000
  • ISBN: 0226923002
  • Physical Description: 346 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: the ghost of Tom Watson -- Fire on the mountain: the initial surge of old-time and hillbilly music campaigns -- "Like Orpheus": the nineteenth century encounters the twentieth -- Antisemitism and Henry Ford's old-time music revival -- Sound trucks and radio stars: the arrival of the nonperformers -- Pensions and poll taxes: identifying a style of hillbilly music politics -- Utopian buckaroo: senator Glen Taylor and country music's left tradition -- Dixie-bent and White House-bound: regional culture, national aspirations -- A fiery but fickle faith: the Vanderbilt agrarians, Southern politics, and the country music memoir -- The nonperformers take over: Big Jim, the Little Judge, and the nationalization of country music politics -- Still not ready to make nice: the legacies of the country music campaign
Subject:
Country music > Political aspects > United States > History.
Country music > Political aspects > Southern States > History.
Musicians as politicians > United States > History.

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