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Full-Text Articles in American Popular Culture
Hillbillies, Rednecks, Crackers And White Trash, Anthony Harkins
Hillbillies, Rednecks, Crackers And White Trash, Anthony Harkins
History Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
"This Murder Done": Misogyny, Femicide, And Modernity In 19th-Century Appalachian Murder Ballads, Christina Ruth Hastie
"This Murder Done": Misogyny, Femicide, And Modernity In 19th-Century Appalachian Murder Ballads, Christina Ruth Hastie
Masters Theses
This thesis contextualizes Appalachian murder ballads of the 19th- and early 20th-centuries through a close reading of the lyric texts. Using a research frame that draws from the musicological and feminist concepts of Diana Russell, Susan McClary, Norm Cohen, and Christopher Small, I reveal 19th-century Appalachia as a patriarchal, modern, and highly codified society despite its popularized image as a culturally isolated and “backward” place. I use the ballads to demonstrate how music serves the greater cultural purpose of preserving and perpetuating social ideologies. Specifically, the murder ballads reveal layers of meaning regarding hegemonic …
The Significance Of ‘Hillbilly’ In Early Country Music, 1924-1945, Anthony Harkins
The Significance Of ‘Hillbilly’ In Early Country Music, 1924-1945, Anthony Harkins
History Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.