TY - BOOK ID - 78341872 TI - Walking the line : country music lyricists and American culture AU - Holmes, Thomas Alan AU - Harde, Roxanne PY - 2013 SN - 0739169661 0739169688 9780739169681 1306119871 9781306119870 9780739169667 9780739169674 073916967X PB - Lanham Boulder [etc.] Lexington Books DB - UniCat KW - Country music KW - Lyricists KW - Songwriters KW - Poets KW - History and criticism. KW - History and criticism KW - United States KW - Rodgers, Jimmie KW - Cash, Johnny KW - Nelson, Willie KW - Rambo, Dottie KW - Lynn, Loretta KW - Haggard, Merle KW - Van Zandt, Townes KW - Parton, Dolly KW - Lovett, Lyle KW - Walker, Cindy KW - Parsons, Gram KW - Earle, Steve UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78341872 AB - Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture examines how country songwriters engage with their nation's religion, literature, and politics. Walking the line requires following strict codes, respecting territories, and, sometimes, yearning to break those bonds. This collection's essays explore how iconic country lyricists such as Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and Steve Earle have tested and expanded such boundaries, challenging musical, social, and political conventions, often reevaluating what "country" means in country musi ER -