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I'm feeling the blues right now : blues tourism and the Mississippi Delta /

In I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta, Stephen A. King reveals the strategies used by blues promoters and organizers in Mississippi, both African American and white, local and state, to attract the attention of tourists. In the process, he reveals how promo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Stephen A., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
Colección:American made music series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The history of the Mississippi Delta blues
  • The history of blues tourism in the Mississippi Delta
  • Blues myths and the rhetorical imagination of place
  • Blues festivals, race, and the construction of authenticity
  • A blues countermemory : the history of Mississippi, the story of the Delta
  • Public memory, historical amnesia, and the Shack Up Inn
  • Assessing tourism goals : money, image, and reconciliation.