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I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta
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 musicians and promoters, chambers of commerce, local and regional tourism entities, and members of the Mississippi Blues Commission. This book is the first critical account of Mississippi's blues tourism industry. From the late 1970s until 2000, Mississippi's blues tourism industry was fragmented, decentralized, and localized, as each community competed for tourist dollars. By 2003-2004, with the creation of the Mississippi Blues Commission, the promotion of the blues became more centralized as state government played an increasing role in promoting Mississippi's blues heritage. Blues tourism has the potential to generate new revenue in one of the poorest states in the country, repair the state's public image, and serve as a vehicle for racial reconciliation.
Book Details
- Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
- Publish Date: Feb 19th, 2013
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.71in - 1.03lb
- EAN: 9781617038266
- Categories: • Genres & Styles - Blues• Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Bl• Popular Culture
About the Author
King, Stephen A.: - Stephen A. King, Cleveland, Mississippi, is professor and coordinator of communication studies and theater arts at Delta State University.
King, Stephen a.: - Stephen A. King is chairperson and professor of communication at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He has written extensively about rhetoric, public memory, and cultural tourism and is author of Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control and I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta and coauthor (with Roger Davis Gatchet) of Terror and Truth: Civil Rights Tourism and the Mississippi Movement, all published by University Press of Mississippi.