{"product_id":"9781595580177","title":"Rednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, the nationally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eRednecks and Bluenecks\u003c\/i\u003e is veteran \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Chris Willman’s lively account of “how music makes strange political bedfellows and how artists’ perceived politics change over time” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e). How did the erstwhile music of the rural working class come to be the music of choice of the GOP?\u003ci\u003e Rednecks and Bluenecks\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the way country’s increasing popularity and conservative drift parallel the transformation of the Democratic South into the heart of the Republican mainstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a “breezy, irreverent style” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eRednecks and Bluenecks\u003c\/i\u003e “explore[s] the left- or right-wing leanings of his subjects, from heavyweights like the Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith, Steve Earle, Brooks \u0026amp; Dunn, and Clint Black to newer, minor artists like the Drive-By Truckers.” Interviewing “nearly everyone who’s anyone in country music, from Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn to current superstars like Ronnie Dunn” (\u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Willman makes clear that country is a place where a passionate American political debate is taking place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031299997936,"sku":"9781595580177","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595580177_p0.jpg?v=1763811398","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595580177","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}