Music, tourism and the transformation of memphis

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-190

  Gibson, Chris ^a   Connell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

African American tourism; Cultural economy; Memphis; Music tourism; Racialization; Sensory geography; The tourist ear

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ECONOMY; MUSIC; PLACE NAME; RACIAL IDENTITY; TOURISM; TYPOLOGY;

MEMPHIS; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248153211     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680701278505     Document Type: Article

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