Performing Nashville

Music Tourism and Country Music's Main Street

Robert W. Fry

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Palgrave Macmillan
25 April 2017

Country & Western music; Sociology: sport & leisure; Tourism industry

Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era

This book explores the formation and continuance of

Nashville, Tennessee as a music place, the importance of the fans (tourists)

in creating Nashville’s multifaceted musical identity, and the music and

city’s influence on the formation and performance of the individual and

collective identities of the country-music fan. More importantly, the author

discusses the larger issue of country music as a signifier of tradition suggesting that for many visitors, the music serves as a soundtrack, while

Nashville serves as a performative space that permits the creation,

performance, and remembrance of not only the country-music tradition, but also

various individual and collective traditions and an idealized American

identity. Through the theatrics of tourism, Nashville and its connection to

country music are performed daily, reinforced through the sound and landscape

of country music.

Performing

Nashville will be of interest to students and scholars across a

range of disciplines, including tourism studies, leisure studies,

ethnomusicology, sociology, folklore and anthropology.

By: Robert W. Fry
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 4.098kg
ISBN: 9781137504807
ISBN 10: 1137504803
Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
Pages: 223
Publication Date: 25 April 2017
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Class on Tour: An Experiential Approach to Teaching and Researching Popular Music.- 2. Performing the South.- 3. Performing Nashville.- 4. Performing the Backstage.- 5. Country Music and the Sonic Artifact.- 6. MA Festival: The Ultimate Fan Experience.- 7. The New Nashville: Reimagined, Revised, Retold.

Robert W. Fry is Senior Lecturer in Music History and Literature at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music in Nashville, USA where he teaches courses in global music, jazz, blues, music in the American South, and music tourism. His current research focuses on music tourism and the role of fan culture in the production of a musical place.