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White Soul: Country Music, the Church and Working Americans
by Sample, Tex
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White Soul examines the social, political, and religious foundations of country music as the soul music of white, working-class Americans. Country music gives voice to an economically battered subculture of hard-living and hard-working people who find self-expression in the music of honky-tonks and heartaches. It celebrates the "wild side of life" as a form of populist anarchism and escapist festivity. This unusual medley of sociology, theology, and country music history is also a compelling critique of the elitism of "good taste" in the dominant culture. Tex Sample challenges the church to reach out to working-class people, who have often been ignored and demeaned by churches held captive to the tastes and lifestyles of the upper middle class.
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- Abingdon Press Brand
- Oct 1, 1996 Pub Date:
- 0687032938 ISBN-10:
- 9780687032938 ISBN-13:
- 212.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.5 in * 0.49 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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