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 lived her songs / Sarah Smarsh.
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New York : Scribner, 2020.
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G 2021/0327
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Language
English
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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.
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Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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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...
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She come by it natural : Dolly Parton and the women who lived her songs / Sarah Smarsh.
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©2020
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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