Diane Pecknold
Hidden in the Mix
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822351634
- author:
- Diane Pecknold
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 392
- Dimensions:
- 23.37 x 15.49 x 2.54 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, African-American Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Country music's roots in African American music are well-documented. Many influential performers in the country canon have been shaped by Black musicians. For example, the partnership between Lesley Riddle and A.P. Carter contributed to the Carter Family's repertoire, while Tee Tot Payne taught a young Hank Williams Sr., and Arnold Schultz's guitar playing influenced western Kentuckians, including Bill Monroe and Ike Everly. However, attention has focused on how White artists have enriched their music, rather than the achievements of Black country-music performers and the enjoyment of Black listeners. The contributors to Hidden in the Mix examine how country music became "White", how this fictive racialization has been maintained, and how African American artists and fans have used country music to elaborate their own identities. Through topics such as the role of race in shaping old-time record catalogues, the transracial West of Cowboy Troy, and the place of US country music in postcolonial debates about race and resistance, Hidden in the Mix reveals how music mediates both ideology and lived experience.
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