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She come by it natural : Dolly Parton and the women who lived her songs / Sarah Smarsh.

She come by it natural : Dolly Parton and the women who...

She come by it natural : Dolly Parton and the women who lived her songs / Sarah Smarsh.

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She come by it natural : Dolly Parton and the women who lived her songs / Sarah Smarsh.

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Full title

She come by it natural : Dolly Parton and the women who lived her songs / Sarah Smarsh.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New York : Scribner, 2020.

Call Numbers

G 2021/0327

Record Identifier

74VKaOx73yJd

MMS ID

991024381216302626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 187 pages ; 19 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Part one. Dolly Parton embodies the working woman's fight -- Part two. Dolly Parton masters the art of leaving -- Part three. Dolly Parton becomes the boss -- Part four. Dolly Parton cements her icon status.

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Scribner, 2020.

Edition

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2020.

More information

Scope and Contents

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.

Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Smarsh witnessed firsthand the 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. Country music was a language among women-- and no one provided...

Alternative Titles

Full title

She come by it natural : Dolly Parton and the women who lived her songs / Sarah Smarsh.

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Author / Creator

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2020

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2021/0327

Record Identifier

74VKaOx73yJd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOx73yJd

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ISBN

1982157283

9781982157289

DDC

782.421642092

MMS ID

991024381216302626

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