Nadine Hubbs's guest appearances

Nadine Hubbs

New Books in Gender

Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on Fire

New Books Network

New Books in Music

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

Matt Cook

Stacy Wolf

Jim Crow

David Chaffetz

Jennifer Fleeger

Maureen Mahon

W. W. Norton

Peter Lang

Sophia Chang

Jessie Daniels

Libby Larsen

Julia Sneeringer

Johari Jabir

J. Neuhaus

Patty Farmer

OwlTail

How might we interrogate the sociocultural dimensions of music through queer, class-conscious, and anti-racist frameworks? How can teachers of all subjects use music to tackle challenging topics like race and class politics in the classroom? How can incorporating a creative practice improve scholarly research? In episode 85 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach chats with musician and scholar Nadine Hubbs about why American classical music owes its existence to gay social networks; how Latinx millennials are showing that American country music is also Mexican; how dedicating serious time to a creative practice can actually help you get tenure; and why teaching students about the powerful community-building power of music is how Nadine imagines otherwise. Transcript and show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/85-nadine-hubbs/

How might we interrogate the sociocultural dimensions of music through queer, class-conscious, and anti-racist frameworks? How can teachers of all subjects use music to tackle challenging topics like race and class politics in the classroom? How can incorporating a creative practice improve scholarly research? In episode 85 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach chats with musician and scholar Nadine Hubbs about why American classical music owes its existence to gay social networks; how Latinx millennials are showing that American country music is also Mexican; how dedicating serious time to a creative practice can actually help you get tenure; and why teaching students about the powerful community-building power of music is how Nadine imagines otherwise. Transcript and show notes: <a href="https://ideasonfire.net/85-nadine-hubbs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ideasonfire.net/85-nadine-hubbs/</a>

Nadine Hubbs on Listening Queerly

Academics don’t pay enough attention to class. And when we do, too often we only magnify the tendency for working class subjects to be defined according to middle class norms; and according to those norms, they, not surprisingly, fail in one way or another, justifying their position beneath the middle class. There are many unfortunate consequences of this dynamic. Among them, we seldom see what’s really happening in, say, the performance of a country song. Nadine Hubbs, Professor of Music Theory and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, is an exception to this rule. In Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music (University of California Press, 2014), she discusses subjects that range from a Foo Fighters tour-promotion video, the role of taste in class distinction, and the blinders that members of the middle class seem to wear when they notice working-class culture. Then she removes the blinders and takes a look at some country, noticing an artistic richness and political agenda that academics and critics seldom see. Along the way, she investigates a few of the prominent assumptions about country–its bigotry and political conservatism, for example. She discusses research that undermines these assumptions, noting the work they do to maintain class distinctions and privilege. And finally she makes the case for paying more attention to class, working-class culture, suggesting the potential for real political collaboration between the working and the middle classes.Here are some of the videos mentioned in the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsrqw0oElHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e5hRLbCaCs http://www.gretchenwilson.com/media/videos/41683/56793 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Academics don’t pay enough attention to class. And when we do, too often we only magnify the tendency for working class subjects to be defined according to middle class norms; and according to those norms, they, not surprisingly, fail in one way or another, justifying their position beneath the middle class. There are many unfortunate consequences of this dynamic. Among them, we seldom see what’s really happening in, say, the performance of a country song. <a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/nhubbs/main_page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nadine Hubbs</a>, Professor of Music Theory and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, is an exception to this rule. In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0520280660/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music</a> (University of California Press, 2014), she discusses subjects that range from a Foo Fighters tour-promotion video, the role of taste in class distinction, and the blinders that members of the middle class seem to wear when they notice working-class culture. Then she removes the blinders and takes a look at some country, noticing an artistic richness and political agenda that academics and critics seldom see. Along the way, she investigates a few of the prominent assumptions about country–its bigotry and political conservatism, for example. She discusses research that undermines these assumptions, noting the work they do to maintain class distinctions and privilege. And finally she makes the case for paying more attention to class, working-class culture, suggesting the potential for real political collaboration between the working and the middle classes. Here are some of the videos mentioned in the interview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsrqw0oElHQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsrqw0oElHQ</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e5hRLbCaCs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e5hRLbCaCs</a> <a href="http://www.gretchenwilson.com/media/videos/41683/56793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.gretchenwilson.com/media/videos/41683/56793</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies</a>

Nadine Hubbs, “Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music” (University of California Press, 2014)

Academics don’t pay enough attention to class. And when we do, too often we only magnify the tendency for working class subjects to be defined according to middle class norms; and according to those norms, they, not surprisingly, fail in one way or another, justifying their position beneath the middle class. There are many unfortunate consequences of this dynamic. Among them, we seldom see what’s really happening in, say, the performance of a country song. Nadine Hubbs, Professor of Music Theory and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, is an exception to this rule. In Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music (University of California Press, 2014), she discusses subjects that range from a Foo Fighters tour-promotion video, the role of taste in class distinction, and the blinders that members of the middle class seem to wear when they notice working-class culture. Then she removes the blinders and takes a look at some country, noticing an artistic richness and political agenda that academics and critics seldom see. Along the way, she investigates a few of the prominent assumptions about country–its bigotry and political conservatism, for example. She discusses research that undermines these assumptions, noting the work they do to maintain class distinctions and privilege. And finally she makes the case for paying more attention to class, working-class culture, suggesting the potential for real political collaboration between the working and the middle classes.Here are some of the videos mentioned in the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsrqw0oElHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e5hRLbCaCs http://www.gretchenwilson.com/media/videos/41683/56793 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

Academics don’t pay enough attention to class. And when we do, too often we only magnify the tendency for working class subjects to be defined according to middle class norms; and according to those norms, they, not surprisingly, fail in one way or another, justifying their position beneath the middle class. There are many unfortunate consequences of this dynamic. Among them, we seldom see what’s really happening in, say, the performance of a country song. <a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/nhubbs/main_page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nadine Hubbs</a>, Professor of Music Theory and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, is an exception to this rule. In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0520280660/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music</a> (University of California Press, 2014), she discusses subjects that range from a Foo Fighters tour-promotion video, the role of taste in class distinction, and the blinders that members of the middle class seem to wear when they notice working-class culture. Then she removes the blinders and takes a look at some country, noticing an artistic richness and political agenda that academics and critics seldom see. Along the way, she investigates a few of the prominent assumptions about country–its bigotry and political conservatism, for example. She discusses research that undermines these assumptions, noting the work they do to maintain class distinctions and privilege. And finally she makes the case for paying more attention to class, working-class culture, suggesting the potential for real political collaboration between the working and the middle classes. Here are some of the videos mentioned in the interview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsrqw0oElHQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsrqw0oElHQ</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e5hRLbCaCs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e5hRLbCaCs</a> <a href="http://www.gretchenwilson.com/media/videos/41683/56793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.gretchenwilson.com/media/videos/41683/56793</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music</a>