The good old days when times were bad : class, race and the New South origins of country music

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dc.contributor.advisorGreen, Laurie B. (Laurie Beth)
dc.creatorRudczynski, Thomas Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-10T23:23:15Z
dc.date.available2021-08-10T23:23:15Z
dc.date.issued2004-12-18
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the social context that led to the emergence of country music as a commercial artform during the 1920s. It investigates the economic situation of workers, musicians and middle-class actors in the county of Wise, Virginia. It argues that country music was the product of interclass collaboration, and examines it as a cultural artifact in relation to other cultures created by the community at the time. Country music emerged during this period from a desire to alleviate the woes brought by a depressed local economy and an oppressive social stereotype. The collaboration between classes depended on the actors assertion of their own identities at a time when the meanings of the “hillbilly” shifted, and permitted a moment of self-articulation in a community dominated by the coal industry. This thesis assesses the place of coal in the lives of the people of Wise, and examines the ramifications of coal company dominance in terms of race and economicsen_US
dc.description.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/86972
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/13922
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden_US
dc.subjectCountry musicen_US
dc.subjectSocial contexten_US
dc.subjectNew Southen_US
dc.subjectWise, Virginiaen_US
dc.titleThe good old days when times were bad : class, race and the New South origins of country musicen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US

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