She come by it natural :
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
206 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Production / Publication Information
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021.
Summary
Smarsh challenged a typically male vision of the rural working class with her first book, Heartland, starring the bold, hard-luck women who raised her. Now, in She Come by It Natural, originally published in a four-part series for The Journal of Roots Music, No Depression, Smarsh explores the overlooked contributions to social progress by such women -- including those averse to the term "feminism" -- as exemplified by Dolly Parton's life and art. Far beyond the recently resurrected "Jolene" or quintessential "9 to 5," Parton's songs for decades have validated women who go unheard: the poor woman, the pregnant teenager, the struggling mother disparaged as "trailer trash." Parton's broader career -- from singing on the front porch of her family's cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains to achieving stardom in Nashville and Hollywood, from "girl singer" managed by powerful men to leader of a self-made business and philanthropy empire -- offers a springboard to examining the intersections of gender, class, and culture.
Call Number
LP/781.642/SMAR
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
ISBN
9781643587981
She come by it natural :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
4 audio discs (approximately 270 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2020]
Summary
Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities, and strengths, of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and surviving. Smarsh writes, "country music was foremost a language among women. It's how we talked to each other in a place where feelings aren't discussed." And no one provided that language better than Dolly Parton. Here, Smarsh explores the overlooked contributions to social progress by such women, including those averse to the term 'feminism,' as exemplified by Dolly Parton's life and art.
Call Number
CD 782.42164 SMA
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781797114996 9781797115009
She come by it natural :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xvi, 187 pages ; 19 cm
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Summary
Explores how the music of Dolly Parton and other prominent women country artists has both reflected and validated the harsh realities of rural working-class American women.
Call Number
782.42164 SMA
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781982157289
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