The Festivalization of CultureThe 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
| 1974 | |
| 1989 | |
Shame | 2004 |
Graham St John | |
Up in Fostering Indigenous Community and Identity | |
Connecting Festivals Carnival and New Social | |
Varieties of Cosmopolitanism in Art Festivals | |
Australian Indigenous Cultural Festivals | |
The Case of Progressive Rock | |
An Exploration of Sustainable | |
Doofs | |
Margate Exodus Project | |
The Emotional Ecologies of Festivals | |
Consuming Producing and Participating in the Extended | |
Other editions - View all
The Festivalization of Culture Dr Ian Woodward,Dr Jodie Taylor,Professor Andy Bennett Limited preview - 2014 |
The Festivalization of Culture Andy Bennett,Jodie Taylor,Ian Woodward (Sociologist) No preview available - 2014 |
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