Includes bibliographical references (pages 552-582) and index
Contents:
Spirit of the mountains : women in American folk music Southern sentiments : country females in nineteenth-century show business Single girl, married girl : the Carter Family and the birth of country music recording "National Barn Dance" : country women, radio, and the Great Depression Hungry disgusted blues : women in protest Hollywood hayride : country music women in World War II Honky-tonk girl : Kitty Wells and her postwar sisters All-day sing : women and Southern gospel music Rockabilly women : let's have a party Nashville sound : Patsy Cline and "the Grand Ole Opry" Folk revival : come all ye fair and tender maidens You're lookin' at country : Loretta Lynn and working-class pride Heroines of heartbreak : Tammy Wynette and traditional values Just because I'm a woman : Dolly Parton and her savvy sisters Hollywood Tennessee : Barbara Mandrell and the show queens of country music Back to country : Emmylou Harris and the country-rock fusion Little darlin's not my name : women in bluegrass Eighties ladies and beyond : images for modern times
