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I'm feeling the blues right now : blues tourism and the Mississippi Delta / Stephen A. King.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American made music seriesPublication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 277 p., [20] p. of plates )Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781628469141
  • 9781617030109
  • 1617030104
  • 1628469145
  • 1283434768
  • 9781283434768
  • 9786613434760
  • 6613434760
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: I'm feeling the blues right nowDDC classification:
  • 306.4/84243097624 22
LOC classification:
  • ML3918.B57
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliography (p. 239-267), discography (p. 268-270) and index.

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.

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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.

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