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Stereotypes Of Country Music During The 1970's

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During the 1970’s there was this sort of depression going on in the world. America was at the dawn of an industrial age, coming out of a depression and into war, the music was young and so many things were being done with music. (Author, 173) During this time, artists, writers, performers, and intellectuals joined together in the laboring of american culture. (Author, 168) Middle and working class white men began gravitating toward cultural symbols like country music, politics, and redneck behavior and attire. This was the time that country music and redneckery came to be. Country music was stereotyped towards poor southern white men that at the end of the day would drink a beer. Country singers would sing about politics, beer, and the typical
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