Masculinities have been rearranged in rural communities across the United States over the last four decades in response to shifting socioeconomic conditions. However, whether and how rural masculinity has been redefined at the national level over this same time period has received less attention. This paper presents a longitudinal analysis of representations of masculinity in mainstream country music from the 1980s to the 2010s. Analyzing the lyrics from over 800 weeks of songs that topped the Billboard country music charts, I find that working‐class occupations and heterosexuality were relatively consistent components of representations of men across these decades. There were also two notable transformations. Depictions of providing shifted away from a traditional breadwinner toward men providing women with alcohol, transportation, and places to hook up. Masculinity and whiteness also became more closely linked. I argue that these rearranged intersections of gender, class, sexuality, and race enable the continued reproduction of gendered inequalities amid rural men’s worsening employment prospects. These results suggest shifting intersections of gender, class, sexuality, and race will inform how gendered inequalities are reproduced as socioeconomic conditions continue to transform in rural communities.

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一种新型的（白人）提供者：主流乡村音乐中的男性气质从1980年代转移到2010年代

在过去的四十年中，为了适应不断变化的社会经济状况，在整个美国的农村社区重新布置了男子气概。但是，在同一时期，是否以及如何在国家一级重新定义了农村男子气概，却受到的关注较少。本文对1980年代至2010年代主流乡村音乐中男性气质的表现进行了纵向分析。分析超过800周歌曲排行榜榜首的歌词在乡村音乐排行榜上，我发现工人阶级的职业和异性恋是过去几十年来男性代表相对一致的组成部分。还有两个值得注意的转变。提供服务的方式从传统的养家糊口转向了为男人提供酒精，交通和接洽场所的男人。阳刚与白皙也变得更加紧密。我认为，在农村男子的就业前景恶化的情况下，性别，阶级，性别和种族的这些重新安排的交集使性别不平等现象得以继续再现。这些结果表明，随着社会，经济状况继续在农村社区发生转变，性别，阶级，性别和种族的交汇点的变化将指导性别不平等的再现。