Introduction : situating country music studies / Travis D. Stimeling
Country music studies and folklore / Erika Brady
The "southerness" of country music / Patrick Huber
The Country Music Association, the Country Music Foundation, and country music's history / Diane Pecknold
Country music as cultural practice / Clifford R. Murphy
Geography and country music : constructing "geo-cultural" identities / Jada Watson
On the notion of "old-time" in country music / Gregory N. Reish
Recording practice in country music / Travis D. Stimeling
The singing voice in country music / Stephanie Vander Wel
This machine plays country music : invention, innovation, and the pedal steel guitar / Tim Sterner Miller
Country music and the recording industry / Charles L. Hughes
Country radio : the dialectic of format and genre / Eric Weisbard
Country music and television / Tracey E.W. Laird
Country music and film / Barry Mazor
The sociology of country music / Richard Lloyd
Country music and class / Leigh H. Edwards
Race in country music scholarship / Olivia Carter Mather
Gendered stages : country music, authenticity, and the performance of gender / Kristine M. McCusker
Sexuality in country music / Pamela Fox
The sacred in country music / Stephen Shearon
Goin' hillbilly nuts : fasion culture and visual style in country music / Caroline Gnagy
Whither the two-step : country dance rewrites its musical lineage / Jocelyn R. Neal
"These are my people" : the politics of country music / Jason Mellard
Country music and fan culture / Jonathan R. Wynn
What's international about international country music? Country music and national identity around the world / Nathan D. Gibson.