| What's Going On?: (in Modern Texas Folklore) Contributor(s): Abernethy, Francis Edward (Editor) |
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ISBN: 157441058X ISBN-13: 9781574410587 Publisher: University of North Texas Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: This collection of essays from the 1970s describes the customs, traditions, songs, and stories by which future anthropologists will analyze that decade. The rodeos and chain letters and bumper stickers, Neiman Marcus and fat stock shows, gospel conventions and underground newspapers, CB radios and university ghosts, backwoods beer busts and the folklore of marijuana, Jack Ruby and the Kennedy assassination. This publication also looks at zydeco, Western Swing, gospel music, Texas country music, and the rise of redneck rock, by such writers as Joseph Lomax, Guy Logsdon, Bill Malone, and Jan Reid. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.38" W x 9.38" (1.60 lbs) 309 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays from the 1970s describes the customs, traditions, songs, and stories by which future anthropologists will analyze that decade. The rodeos and chain letters and bumper stickers, Neiman Marcus, and fat stock shows, gospel conventions, and underground newspapers, CB radios and university ghosts, backwoods beer busts and the folklore of marijuana, Jack Ruby and the Kennedy assassination. This publication also looks at zydeco, Western Swing, gospel music, Texas country music, and the rise of redneck rock by such writers as Joseph Lomax, Guy Logsdon, Bill Malone, and Jan Reid. |