Thursday, September 29, 2011
Artifacts Y'all
There could be many different artifacts when considering Nashville tourists. Their souvenir knickknacks, their cameras, and their "foreign" accents could easily set them apart from real Nashvillians. But always, people who come to Nashville assume that they should dress just like the celebrities they see on CMT. They mistakenly sport cowboy hats, cowboy boots, and large, gaudy belt buckles thinking that they'll fit in with the country music scene. I'm a hostess at Demos' downtown and I can't believe the number of people who walk in looking like they came off the Dukes of Hazard set. Oddly enough, our managers encourage us to say y'all, reinforcing this odd stereotype.
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I loved reading about your artifact and how it contributes to your ethnographic study. I assume you are doing Nashville Tourists? I have always wondered why people come to Nashville and what there is to do. The way you described and related what you were trying to describe made it very easy for me, the reader, to envision it.
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