Title: White soul
First published: 1996
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.
Subjects: Church and labor, Country music, Social aspects, Social aspects of Country music, Working class whites, Countrymusic, Christianity, University of South Alabama, Labor, Glaube, Arbeiterklasse, Music, Music, social aspects, Working class, united states, Whites, Working class white people, Religious aspects
Places: United States
LC classification: ML3524 .S26 1996