ISBN:
9781617030116
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 277 p., [20] p. of plates
Series Statement:
American made music series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.4/84243097624
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Blues (Music) Social aspects
;
Blues (Music) History and criticism
;
Music and tourism History
;
Blues
;
Tourismus
;
Musikfestspiel
;
Mississippi-Gebiet
;
Mississippi-Gebiet
;
Blues
;
Musikfestspiel
;
Tourismus
;
Mississippi-Gebiet
;
Blues
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Includes bibliography (p. 239-267), discography (p. 268-270) and index
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