Working Bibliography

POPULAR MUSIC AND CULTURE MATERIAL:

Cooper, B. Lee. “Bibliography of Popular Music Teaching Resources.” Popular Music

and Society. 23.4 (1999): 123-129.

[I found this article on Proquest by browsing the list of publications and viewing the recent full text issues of this journal. It lists several books about popular music and American popular culture and reference books on popular music.]

Dawidoff, Nicholas. In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American

Music. New York: Vintage Books, 1998.

[Dr. Drake assigned this book as part of my independent study. As is indicated by the title, this book explores the roots of country music, which helps me to understand the original functions and of country music and its role in the culture in its beginnings.]

Kelly, Karen, and Evelyn McDonnell, eds. Stars Don’t Stand Still in the Sky: Music and

Myth. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 1999.

[Dr. Drake assigned this book as part of my independent study. This book discusses the myths that are created for and by popular music. It also discusses the role of popular music in society and issues of the music industry and the marketability of myth.]

Lewis, George H. “Lap Dancer or Hillbilly Deluxe? The Cultural Constructions of

Modern Country Music.” Journal of Popular Culture 31.3 (1997): 163-73.

[I found this with the MLA International Bibliography Online using the

search terms “country music and culture.” Then I used LUIS to locate the item.

ISU has an electronic subscription to this journal. This article is useful in my research because Lewis explores how contemporary country music changes with time and with its audience. It also explores the issue of authenticity.]

Lewis, George H. “Traps, Troubles, and Social issues: Country Music in the Social

Science Classroom.” Popular Music and Society 23.4 (1999): 61-82.

[I found this article by browsing publications on ProQuest, and viewing the tables of contents for the recent issues. The full text of the article was available. The article discusses why country music has not been widely used in the classroom while other forms of popular music has been. I found it useful because Lewis makes several good points about how country music reflects and transmits cultural values.]

Marcus, Greil. Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music. New York:

E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1975.

[Dr. Drake assigned this book as part of my independent study. This book discusses the origins of rock ‘n’ roll music in America with special attention paid to Robert Johnson and Elvis Presley. It also has useful commentary on rock ‘n’ roll music’s importance in American society.]

Reynolds, Simon and Joy Press. The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, year.

[Dr. Drake assigned this book as part of my independent study. This book is an excellent discussion of gender issues in rock ‘n’ roll. I do not yet know if this will be useful in my paper, as I think I am going to deal primarily with country music.]

Sharlett, Jeff. “Wrong’s What She Does Best: A Scholar Leaves Literature for Hard

Country.” Chronicle of Higher Education 47.38 (June 1, 2001): A15.

[This article is a book review. The full text of the book review is available on Proquest. I searched for country music and literature. This article is useful because it refers me to a book I might use. I have not found it yet, though.]

Tichi, Cecelia, ed. Reading Country Music: Steel Guitars, Opry Stars and Honky-Tonk

Bars. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1998.

[Dr. Drake assigned this book as part of my independent study. This book discusses how country music is distinctly American and is a part of our heritage. It is a collection of essays on various topics related to country music.]

NOVELS:

Earley, Tony. Jim the Boy.

[I found this book on LUIS after discovering it in a New York Times article that I came across on ProQuest while searching for country music and literature. The book itself does not deal with musical themes. It is relevant to my research in that Paul Burch, a musician friend, of the author wrote and recorded a whole album of songs to accompany it.]

Smith, Lee. The Devil’s Dream. New York: Ballantine Books, 1992.

[Dr. Drake assigned this book as part of my independent study. The characters in the book are based on the Carter family, and the book discusses the role of music in the lives of the characters. Also, according to the author, the book is structured like an album of songs.]

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism. Peter Lisca, editor.

Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1997.

[Bruce Springsteen composed an album of songs inspired by this book. His album is entitled The Ghost of Tom Joad. I may not use this if I focus on country music, but I am interested in how Springsteen uses the novel’s themes to express his ideas on the contemporary culture of the 1990s, during which time the album was released.]

ARTICLES ON ARTISTS AND WRITERS:

Caligiuri, Jim. “Spotlight: Paul Burch.” Austin Chronicle 16 March 2001.

<http://www.auschron.com/issues/dispatch/2001-03-16/music_feature4.html>

[Paul Burch’s latest album was inspired by the novel Jim the Boy by Tony Earley. I am interested in how he uses the novel as a source of inspiration and why he felt that the themes of the Depression era novel would create relevant contemporary country music.]

McCall, Michael. “Time Passages.” Country Music Jun 2001: 102.

[I found this article on Proquest while searching for the term “Paul Burch.”]

Patterson, Jim. “Nashville Sound: Novel Inspires Songwriter Paul Burch.” Naples Daily

News 27 April 2001. <http://naplesnews.com/01/04/showcase/d368898a.htm>

[I found this using Yahoo’s search engine, searching for the term “Paul Burch.”]

Schulian, John. “Country Music Crossbred with Country Literature.” New York Times

19 August 2001.

[I found this article on Proquest while searching for the terms “country music and

literature.” It discusses the relationship of Tony Earley’s novel Jim the Boy and Paul Burch’s album Last of My Kind.]

SOURCES NOT YET RETRIEVED OR EVALUATED:

Brown, Calvin S. Music and Literature: A Comparison of the Arts. Athens, GA:

University of Georgia Press, 1948.

[I found this by going to the Library of Congress subject headings. I looked under

“music” and found the subheading “music and literature.” I found this book on

LUIS while searching with the LCSH “music and literature.”]

Ching, Barbara. Wrong’s What I Do Best: Hard Country Music and Contemporary

Culture. Location: Oxford University Press, 2001.

[I found a review for this book on Proquest using the search term “country music.” LUIS says that ISU does not have this book, so I will have to look elsewhere.]

Ellison, Curtis. Country Music Culture: From Hard Times to Heaven. Jackson, MS:

University Press of Mississippi, 1995.

[I found this book by going to the Library of Congress Subject Headings and finding “Country Music.” I then found the subheading “History and Criticism,” which I searched on LUIS.]

Henson, Kristin Karr. “Beyond the Sound Barrier: Popular Music and the Dissolution of

Binary Logic in Twentieth Century Novels.” Diss. New York U., 2000.

[I found this with the MLA International Bibliography Online using the search

terms “literature and music.”]

Kingsbury, Paul. Country Reader: Twenty-Five Years of the Journal of Country Music.

Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1996.

[I found this book by going to the Library of Congress Subject Headings and finding “Country Music.” I then found the subheading “History and Criticism,” which I searched on LUIS.]

Lewis, George H. All that Glitters: Country Music in America. Boling Green, OH:

Bowling Green State Univ. Popular Press, 1993.

[I found this book listed in the bibliography article by B. Lee Cooper (see page 1) that I found on Proquest. I looked the title up on LUIS and found that ISU has a copy.]

Mayer, Ruth. “Pop as a Difference Engine: Music, Markets, and Marginality.” In

Simulacrum America: The USA and the Popular Media edited by Elisabeth Kraus

and Carolin Auer. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2000.

[I found this with the MLA International Bibliography Online using the search

terms “literature and music.”]

Tichi, Cecelia. High Lonesome: The American Culture of Country Music. Chapel Hill:

University of North Carolina Press, 1994.

[I found this book by going to the Library of Congress Subject Headings and finding “Country Music.” I then found the subheading “History and Criticism,” which I searched on LUIS.]