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- catalog abstract ""In Blue Chicago, David Grazian takes us inside the world of contemporary urban blues clubs to uncover how such images are manufactured and sold to music fans and audiences. Drawing on countless nights in dozens of blues clubs throughout Chicago, Grazian shows how this quest for authenticity has transformed the very shape of the blues experience. He explores the ways in which professional and amateur musicians, club owners, and city boosters define authenticity and dish it out to tourists and bar regulars. He also tracks the changing relations between race and the blues over the past several decades, including the increased frustrations of black musicians forced to slog through the same set of overplayed blues standards for mainly white audiences night after night. In the end, Grazian finds that authenticity lies in the eye of the beholder: a nocturnal fantasy to some, an essential way of life to others, and a frustrating burden to the rest."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12830126.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In Blue Chicago, David Grazian takes us inside the world of contemporary urban blues clubs to uncover how such images are manufactured and sold to music fans and audiences. Drawing on countless nights in dozens of blues clubs throughout Chicago, Grazian shows how this quest for authenticity has transformed the very shape of the blues experience. He explores the ways in which professional and amateur musicians, club owners, and city boosters define authenticity and dish it out to tourists and bar regulars. He also tracks the changing relations between race and the blues over the past several decades, including the increased frustrations of black musicians forced to slog through the same set of overplayed blues standards for mainly white audiences night after night. In the end, Grazian finds that authenticity lies in the eye of the beholder: a nocturnal fantasy to some, an essential way of life to others, and a frustrating burden to the rest."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Blues in black and white : the politics of race and authenticity -- The fashion of their dreams : inventing authenticity in the nocturnal city -- Like therapy : the blues club as a haven -- Keepin' it real : Chicago blues musicians and the search for authenticity -- Chicago confidential : the rise of the blues club as a tourist attraction -- Sweet home Chicago : selling authenticity in the urban metropolis.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-292) and index.".
- catalog extent "xix, 303 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226305686 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Chicago".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Chicago.".
- catalog subject "306.4/84 21".
- catalog subject "Blues (Music) Illinois Chicago Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Blues (Music) Social aspects Illinois Chicago.".
- catalog subject "ML3521 .G72 2003".
- catalog subject "Nightclubs Illinois Chicago.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Blues in black and white : the politics of race and authenticity -- The fashion of their dreams : inventing authenticity in the nocturnal city -- Like therapy : the blues club as a haven -- Keepin' it real : Chicago blues musicians and the search for authenticity -- Chicago confidential : the rise of the blues club as a tourist attraction -- Sweet home Chicago : selling authenticity in the urban metropolis.".
- catalog title "Blue Chicago : the search for authenticity in urban blues clubs / David Grazian.".
- catalog type "text".