White soul
Subtitle: country music, the Church, and working Americans
By: Tex Sample.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Nashville, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Country music -- Social aspects.; Working class whites -- United States.; Church and labor -- United States.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-203) and index.