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Author King, Stephen A., 1964-

Title I'm feeling the blues right now : blues tourism and the Mississippi Delta / Stephen A. King
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 277 p., [20] p. of plates )
Series American made music series
American made music series.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliography (p. 239-267), discography (p. 268-270) and index
Notes English
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Subject Blues (Music) -- Social aspects
Blues (Music) -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- History and criticism
Music and tourism -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- History
Music and tourism -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Blues.
Blues (Music)
Music and tourism
Mississippi -- Delta (Region)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021694991
ISBN 9781628469141
9781617030109
1617030104
1628469145
1283434768
9781283434768
9786613434760
6613434760