About Kreg Abshire

I study American Culture of the 20th and 21st centuries. My research focuses on the construction of class and the ways various cultural forms are deployed to maintain or trouble class lines.

Kreg Abshire is an independent scholar in Colorado Springs. He works at the intersection of popular culture and class.

NBN Episodes hosted by Kreg:

Rachel Clare Donaldson, "I Hear America Singing: Folk Music and National Identity" (Temple UP, 2014)

November 12, 2014

I Hear America Singing

Rachel Clare Donaldson
Hosted by Kreg Abshire

The last few decades has seen a turn toward traditional forms of American music; call it Americana, alternative country, or a new folk revival. In "I …

Nadine Hubbs, "Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music" (U California Press, 2014)

November 5, 2014

Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music

Nadine Hubbs
Hosted by Kreg Abshire

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 accordi…