Dissonant Identities: The Rock’n’Roll Scene in Austin, Texas

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Contents Preface ix 1. TheImaginary Tourist:An Introduction toAustin's Rock'n'Roll Scene 1 2. Constructing theMusicalized Performance of Texan Identity 20 3. Desperados Waiting for a Train: The Development of Progressive Country Music 38 4. The Collapse of the Progressive Country Alliance 66 5. Punk Rock at Raul's: The Performance of Contradiction 91 6. The Performance of Signifying Practice 118 7. The Inscription of Identity in theMusic Business 162 8. The Commodification of Identity 191 Contents I vii 9. The Continuing Importance of Musicalized Experience 238 Notes 253 Selected Bibliography 281 Index z89 Contents I viii ...