{"product_id":"9781137504807","title":"Leisure Studies in a Global Era: Music Tourism and Country Music's Main Street","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLeisure Studies in a Global Era: Music Tourism and Country Music's Main Street\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFry, Robert W.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the formation and continuance of  Nashville, Tennessee as a music place, the importance of the fans (tourists)  in creating Nashville’s multifaceted musical identity, and the music and  city’s influence on the formation and performance of the individual and  collective identities of the country-music fan. More importantly, the author  discusses the larger issue of country music as a signifier of tradition suggesting that for many visitors, the music serves as a soundtrack, while  Nashville serves as a performative space that permits the creation,  performance, and remembrance of not only the country-music tradition, but also  various individual and collective traditions and an idealized American  identity. Through the theatrics of tourism, Nashville and its connection to  country music are performed daily, reinforced through the sound and landscape  of country music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerforming  Nashville\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars across a  range of disciplines, including tourism studies, leisure studies,  ethnomusicology, sociology, folklore and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-04-25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137504807\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-50482-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 223\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752471687308,"sku":"9781137504807","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137504807.jpg?v=1772933173","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137504807","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}