Music and Tourism is the first book to comprehensively examine the links between travel and music. It combines contemporary and historical analysis of the economic and social impact of music tourism, with discussions of the cultural politics of authenticity and identity. Music tourism evokes nostalgia and meaning, and celebrates both heritage and hedonism. It is a product of commercialisation that can create community, but that also often demands artistic compromise. Diverse case studies, from the USA and UK to Australia, Jamaica and Vanuatu, illustrate the global extent of music tourism, its contradictions and pleasures.
Table of Content
Preface
1. Tourism and Music
2. Virtual Tourism
3. Musical Landscapes, Tourist Sites
4. Music in the Market: Economy, Society and Tourism
5. Music, Tourism and Culture: Authenticity and Identity
6. On The Road Again: Nostalgia and Pleasure
7. Festivals: Community and Capital
8. Conclusion: Final Notes
About the author
John Connell is Professor of Geography and Head of the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney. His research interests span mobility, tourism, music and place identities. He has published widely on urbanisation, migration, and tourism. His books Sydney: Emergence of a World City (Oxford University Press, 2000) and Small Worlds, Global Lives: Islands and Migration (Pinter, 1999).More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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