Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions

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Price
$24.95  $23.20
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Publish Date
Pages
248
Dimensions
5.84 X 8.73 X 0.96 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781477326497

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About the Author

Francesca T. Royster is a professor of English at DePaul University, author of Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era and Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon, and coeditor of "Uncharted Country," a special issue of the Journal of Popular Music Studies on race and country music.

Reviews

An original, timely and much-needed entry in the long-overdue national conversation on representation and accountability in the country music industry.-- "Los Angeles Times" (10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM)
Black Country Music delves deeply into the tensions, pleasures, and contradictions that Royster, as a Black queer woman, finds in country music as a genre and a cultural signifier. The book weaves history, criticism, and memoir into an elegant narrative that challenges assumptions about what country music can be.-- "Chapter 16" (9/26/2022 12:00:00 AM)
Black Country Music is an astounding work of musical history and cultural reckoning...This is a must-read for anyone who enjoys country music, music writing, Black history, and Afrofuturism.-- "Bearded Gentlemen Music" (10/3/2022 12:00:00 AM)