Music city
Subtitle: American festivals and placemaking in Austin, Nashville, and Newport
By: Jonathan R. Wynn
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780226305493; 9780226305523; 9780226305660
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Newport Folk Festival; Music and tourism; Music; City and town life; South by Southwest Music and Media Conference; Marketing; Economic aspects; Music festivals; Music festival attendees
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. City and stage; title: The unlikely rise in importance of American music festivals; title: Music in ruins : the Newport Folk Festival; title: "When country comes to town" : Nashville's country music festival; title: Part-time indie music club : Austin's South by Southwest; title: The long-term effects of fleeting moments : part one; title: The long-term effects of fleeting moments : part two; title: Conclusions. Festivalization as good policy; title: Encore. Toward a sociology of occasions; title: Appendix A. The lineup (Methodological note and list of interviewees); title: Appendix B. Music city set list.