McCusker, Kristine M.; Pecknold, Diane

A Boy Named Sue : Gender and Country Music

Foreword: Muddying the Clear Water vii The Dubious Transparency of Country Music DAVID SANJEK Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xix KRISTINE M. McCUSKER AND DIANE PECKNOLD Bibliography and Further Reading xxiv "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" 3(21) Linda Parker and Definitions of Tradition on the National Barn Dance, 1932-1935 KRISTINE M. McCUSKER "Spade Doesn't Look Exactly Starved" 24(20) Country Music and the Negotiation of Women's Domesticity in Cold War Los Angeles PETER LA CHAPELLE Charline Arthur 44(15) The (Un) Making of a Honky-Tonk Star EMILY C. NEELY I Don't Think Hank Done It That Way 59(27) Elvis, Country Music, and the Reconstruction of Southern Masculinity MICHAEL BERTRAND "I Wanna Play House" 86(21) Configurations of Masculinity in the Nashville Sound Era DIANE PECKNOLD Patsy Cline's Crossovers 107(25) Celebrity, Reputation, and Feminine Identity JOLI JENSEN Dancing Together 132(23) The Rhythms of Gender in the Country Dance Hall JOCELYN R. NEAL Between Riot Grrrl and Quiet Girl 155(23) The New Women's Movement in Country Music BEVERLY KEEL Going Back to the Old Mainstream 178(18) No Depression, Robbie Fulks, and Alt.Country's Muddied Waters BARBARA CHING Postlude 196(3) CHARLES WOLFE Notes 199(25) Contributors 224(3) Index 227