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I'm feeling the blues right now : blues tourism and the Mississippi Delta
- Title
- I'm feeling the blues right now : blues tourism and the Mississippi Delta / Stephen A. King.
- Author
- King, Stephen A., 1964-
- Publication
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ML3918.B57 K56 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 277 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Publisher Synopsis: Professor King does an excellent job in deconstructing the blues message, which deflects inquiry into just how poorly the now-venerated "classic" [and mostly deceased] blues musicians were treated in their lifetimes, being poorly paid and kept in perpetual debt by the sharecropper system, denied health care, and frequently buried in unmarked graves. Blues fans believing they know blues history will be surprised by the fabrications and half-truths associated with the genre, as uncovered by semiotic analysis of the many code words, metaphors, similes, and folk tales that have become part of blues tourism culture.
- Series Statement
- American made music series
- Uniform Title
- American made music series
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliography (p. 239-267), discography (p. 268-270) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781617030109
- 1617030104
- 9781617030116
- 1617030112
- 1617038261
- 9781617038266
- LCCN
- 2010052088
- OCLC
- ocn679919078
- 679919078
- SCSB-14690768
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library