I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now : Blues Tourism in 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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: King, Stephen A., 1964-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Music and tourism.
Blues (Music)
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Blues.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Musique et tourisme > Histoire.
Music and tourism > Mississippi > Delta (Region) > History.
Blues (Music) > Mississippi > Delta (Region) > History and criticism.
Blues (Music) > Social aspects.
Mississippi > Delta (Region)
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 promotional materials portray the Delta's blues culture and its musicians. Those involved in selling the blues in Mississippi work to promote the music while often conveniently forgetting the state's historical record of racial and economic injustice. King's research includes numerous interviews with blues mu.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781617030116

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