I'm feeling the blues right now : blues tourism and the Mississippi Delta /
Stephen A. King.
- xviii, 277 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- American made music series .
- American made music series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-267) and index. Includes discography.
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.
1617030104 9781617030109
2010052088
Blues (Music)--Social aspects Blues (Music)--History and criticism--Mississippi--Delta (Region) Music and tourism--History--Mississippi--Delta (Region)