Tamworth, Australia's 'country music capital': Place marketing, rurality, and resident reactions

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-404

  Gibson, Chris ^a   Davidson, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Class; Country music; Festivals; National identity; Place marketing; Resident reactions; Rurality; Tamworth

Indexed keywords

FESTIVAL; MUSIC; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; TAMWORTH;

EID: 4544304808     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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