Blue Chicago : the search for authenticity in urban blues clubs / David Grazian
Utgivning: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003Beskrivning: 303 s. : illISBN:- 0-226-30568-6 (inb.)
- 0-226-30589-9 (hft.)
- 306.484 21
- ML3521 .G72 2003
- Ijxf
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| Book | Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A | B24.870 | 1 | Available | 26201807568 |
Paperback ed. 2005, 4. pr. 2008
Blues in black and white : the politics of race and authenticity -- The fashion of their dreams : inventing authenticity in the nocturnal city -- Like therapy : the blues club as a haven -- Keepin' it real : Chicago blues musicians and the search for authenticity -- Chicago confidential : the rise of the blues club as a tourist attraction -- Sweet home Chicago : selling authenticity in the urban metropolis.
Takes us inside the world of urban blues clubs to uncover how iconic - yet empty - images of the blues are manufactured and sold to music fans and audiences. Drawing on many nights in dozens of blues clubs throughout Chicago, the author shows how this quest for authenticity transformed the very shape of the blues experience