The Festivalization of CultureDr Ian Woodward, Dr Jodie Taylor, Professor Andy Bennett The Festivalization of Culture explores the links between various local and global cultures, communities, identities and lifestyle narratives as they are both constructed and experienced in the festival context. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from Australia and Europe, festivals are examined as sites for the performance and critique of lifestyle, identity and cultural politics; as vehicles for the mobilization and cementation of local and global communities; and as spatio-temporal events that inspire and determine meaning in people's lives. Investigating the manner in which festivals are no longer merely periodic, cultural, religious or historical events within communities, but rather a popular means through which citizens consume and experience culture, this book also sheds light on the increasing diversity of contemporary societies and the role played by festivals as sites of cohesion, cultural critique and social mobility. As such, this book will be of interest to those working in areas such as the sociology, consumption and commodification of culture, social and cultural geography, anthropology, cultural studies and popular music studies. |
Contents
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Andy Bennett Jodie Taylor and Ian Woodward | |
1Festival Spaces Identity Experience and Belonging | |
Discourses of Pride Counter | |
The Politics Pleasure and Performance of New Age Travellers | |
and New Social Movements Greg Martin PART II LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES | |
Australian Indigenous Cultural Festivals | |
An Exploration of Sustainable Practices and Their Influence on Youth Culture | |
TheEmotional Ecologies of Festivals | |
Consuming Producing and Participatingin the Extended Festival Experience | |
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The Festivalization of Culture Andy Bennett,Jodie Taylor,Ian Woodward (Sociologist) No preview available - 2014 |