Power, politics and international events socio-cultural analyses of festivals and spectacles
Although the event management field has grown considerably over the last decade, critical, social-scientific studies of the international events industry are rare. This book intends to help fill this void. It focuses on power, social and political relations, conflicts and controversies in the contex...
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Routledge
2014
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| Series: | Routledge advances in events research
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Table of Contents:
- Pt.I. Introduction
- The critical, social-scientific study of international events: Power, politics and conflicts
- pt.II. Historical and developmental case studies
- Regional events and festivals in Europe: Revitalizing traditions and modernizing identities-- The historical roots of the Gymnaestrada: National gymnastics festivals in nineteenth-century
- World Expos and global power relations
- A short, selective history of the Gay Games: Conflicts, clashes and controversies
- pt.III. Contemporary case studies and ethnographies
- Global events and local conflicts: Who owns the streets of London?
- "A Day at the Races": Critical reflections of an insider
- Arts, acrobatics and athleticism in North Korea: Power, politics and propaganda
- The World Baseball Classic: The production and politics of a new global sports spectacle
- Politics as spectacle: U2's 360 tour (2009-2011)