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White Soul : Country Music, the Church and Working Americans, Paperback / softback Book

White Soul : Country Music, the Church and Working Americans Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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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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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:212 pages, black & white illustrations
  • Publisher:Abingdon Press
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  • ISBN:9780687032938
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  • Out of stock

  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:212 pages, black & white illustrations
  • Publisher:Abingdon Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Category:
  • ISBN:9780687032938