Focus on World Festivals: contemporary case studies and perspectives
Abstract
This book is a companion to Focus on Festivals, it is written by a varied mix of academics, practitioners and cultural commentators. It expands many of the central themes and issues to reach a global understanding of festivals.
The key themes this book discusses are: –
The nature of festivals, festivalisation and the growth of festival provision around the world
Interest in festival’s potential economic, social, place-making and political impacts
Festivals as ‘glocal’ players
The relationship between festivals and tourism
The management and business of festivals in different locations responding to differing social, political and market contexts
The role of festivals in identity making
Festivals as sites of participation, co-creation and experiences
Description
Citation : Newbold, C. and Jordan, J. (eds.) (2016) Focus on World Festivals: contemporary case studies and perspectives, Oxford: Goodfellow
ISBN : 9781910158555
9781910158562
9781910158579
9781910158562
9781910158579
Research Group : Media Discourse Group
Research Institute : Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA)
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