Anthropologist aaron fox, and fox writes Country Music is widely disparaged in racialized terms and assertions of its badness are frequently framed in specifically racial terms. For many cosmopolitan americans specifically, country is bad music because its precisely understood as a claim to witness, not as a condition of lacking or trying to shed race, but as a marked foregrounded claim of cultural identity of bad whiteness, unredeemed by ethnicity, progressive politics or elite musical culture. So i want us to think about that. Country music as articulating, conveying this type of very marked white particularity. Thats the first quote. The second is from the writer and historian Roxanne Dunbar ortiz, and her book red dirt which is a great memoir of growing up in oklahoma. She writes Country Music, evangelism, romanticism, patriotism, and White Supremacy have been able to coalesce my people, the descendants of the original settlers as a peoplianited despite class differences or social
We were saddened to learn of the passing of actor Peter Scolari this past week. Scolari was best known for his role alongside Tom Hank's in the 80's comedy sitcom Bosom Buddies. Here's a tribute and recap of his career.
We were saddened to learn of the passing of actor Peter Scolari this past week. Scolari was best known for his role alongside Tom Hank's in the 80's comedy sitcom Bosom Buddies. Here's a tribute and recap of his career.
We were saddened to learn of the passing of actor Peter Scolari this past week. Scolari was best known for his role alongside Tom Hank's in the 80's comedy sitcom Bosom Buddies. Here's a tribute and recap of his career.