{"product_id":"from-dixie-to-rocky-top-music-and-meaning-in-southeastern-conference-football-paperback","title":"From Dixie to Rocky Top: Music and Meaning in Southeastern Conference Football - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarrie Tipton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eListen as you read! From Dixie to Rocky Top: Book Playlist, now on Spotify.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first book to explore the history of college fight songs as a culturally important phenomenon, \u003ci\u003eFrom Dixie to Rocky Top\u003c\/i\u003e zeroes in on the US South, where college football has forged a powerful, quasi-religious sense of meaning and identity throughout the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracing the story of Southeastern Conference (SEC) fight songs from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century, author Carrie Tipton places this popular repertory within the broader commercial music industry and uses fight songs to explore themes of authorship and copyright; the commodification of school spirit; and the construction of race, gender, and regional identity in Southern football culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book unearths the history embedded in SEC football's music traditions, drawing from the archives of the seventeen universities currently or formerly in the conference. Alongside rich primary sources, Tipton incorporates approaches and literature from sports history, Southern and American history, Southern and American studies, and musicology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chronicling iconic Southern fight songs' origins, dissemination, meanings, and cultural reception over a turbulent century, \u003ci\u003eFrom Dixie to Rocky Top\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a compelling narrative around a virtually unstudied body of popular music.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarrie Tipton\u003c\/b\u003e is a musicologist who writes, teaches, and lectures about US vernacular music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756066234701,"sku":"9780826506399","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/T_sZjMhaUL9780826506399.webp?v=1776722010","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/from-dixie-to-rocky-top-music-and-meaning-in-southeastern-conference-football-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}