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12 | Queer Appalachia and Strange Americana with Dr. Jacob Kopcienski
Mar 30, 20261h 9mS0
<p>Show Notes</p><p>Today’s show focuses on queer and leftist americana music, as well as associated fandoms across the broader Appalachian region of the United States. Dr. Jacob Kopcienski, Assistant Professor of Musicology at Appalachian State University, is our guide through the complexities of place, politics, and identity across this cultural and geographic zone. Their work engages ethnographic and archival research with popular music and media studies, which gives us a ton to talk about. Throughout, we explore how depression, queerness, and community manifest in regionally specific ways, molded around—but also against—their circumstances. </p><p>Conten...
