High Lonesome: The American Culture of Country Music

by Cecelia Tichi

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What does the 'country' in country music mean? Most interpret country as a regional or folk music that belongs to people in the hills and in honky-tonks, but Cecelia Tichi argues that it is in fact a national music form, one that belongs to all Americans. In High Lonesome , she shows that country music is strongly linked to our nation's literature and art. Country music, Tichi argues, explores the same themes that have intrigued this country's premier...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807821349

ISBN13:9780807821343

Release Date:January 1994

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:2.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Country Music Musical Genres Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Theory, Composition & Performance

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