Redneck liberation : country music as theology
"Written to entertain as well as educate and advance, Redneck Liberation will appeal to anyone who is interested in country music, Southern religion, American popular religiosity, or liberation theology."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2003
Mercer University Press, Macon, Ga., ©2003
Criticism, interpretation, etc
170 pages ; 23 cm
9780865548411, 9780865548961, 0865548412, 086554896X
52341647
Introduction: Honky-tonkology: taking country music seriously
The gospel songs and the cheatin' songs: suffering and the failure of redneck theology
The gospel according to Hank: country music's hillbilly humanist moral core
The Apocalypse according to Garth: riding toward the postmodern roundup
Stand by your man and your daughters shall prophesy: the emergence of honky-tonk feminism
Epilogue: All I really need to know I learned from country music