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"She went to Nashville to sing country music" : Gatekeeping and the Country Music Industry / by Paula J. Bishop and Jada Watson -- INDUSTRY. Mailbox Money : Novel Liberation Strategies of a Black Female Country Songwriter / by Alice Randall ; Dixie Chicked : Sony vs. The Chicks and the Regendering of Country Music in the Early Twentieth-Century / by Kristine M. McCusker ; How 360° Deals Homogenized Country Music / by Rachel Skaggs ; A Double-Edged Sword : Industry Data and the Construction of Country Music Narratives / by Jada Watson -- CODES OF CONDUCT. Why Country Music Needs Latina Feminism / by Sophia Enriquez ; Pistol Annies : Country Rebels with Humor / by Stephanie Vander Wel ; From Bros to Gentlemen : The Problem of Consent in Contemporary Country Music / by Phoebe E. Hughes ; Cowboys on a Beach : Summer Country and the Loss of Working-Class Identity / by Jocelyn R. Neal -- AUTHENTICITY. Dolly Parton's Netflix Reimagining : How Her Twenty-First Century "Jolene" Revises Country Music's Authenticity Narrative / by Leigh H. Edwards ; "When Britney [Spears] Ruled the World" : Expanding the Stylistic Boundaries of Nostalgia in Country Music / by Paula J. Bishop ; Rhinestone Revivals : Repurposing the Nudie Suit for the Twenty-first Century / by Janet Aspley ; Country Music Doesn't Have to Suck : Intertextuality, Community, and Bloodshot Records / by Nancy P. Riley -- BOUNDARY WORK. Playing at the Border : Navajo Country Western Music and Border Town Racism / by Kristina Jacobsen ; Country-Loving Mexican Americans: Dual Patriotism and Inevitable Fandom among Mexican American Country Music Lovers / by Nadine Hubbs ; Practices of Genre Surveillance in Country Music: Hearing Racial Politics in Beyonce's and The Chicks' "Daddy Lessons" / by Rebekah Hutten ; "We have a Lot of Work to Do" : Rhiannon Giddens and Country Music's Mixed Roots / by Tracey E. Laird -- Epilogue. Country Music Needs a Revolution / by Rissi Palmer.