Throughout the world, the number of festivals has grown exponentially in the last two decades, as people celebrate local and regional cultures, but perhaps more importantly as local councils and other groups seek to use festivals both to promote tourism and to stimulate rural development. However, most studies of festivals have tended to focus almost exclusively on the cultural and symbolic aspects, or on narrow modelling of economic multiplier impacts, rather than examining their long-term implications for rural change. This book therefore has an original focus. It is structured in two parts: the first discusses broad issues affecting music festivals globally, especially in the context of rural revitalisation. The second part looks in more detail at a range of types of festivals commonly found throughout North America, Europe and Australasia, such as country music, jazz, opera and alternative music festivals. The authors draw on in-depth research undertaken over the past five years in a range of Australian places, which traces the overall growth of festivals of various kinds, examines four of the more important and distinctive music festivals, and makes clear conclusions on their significance for rural and regional change.
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Throughout the world, the number of festivals has grown exponentially, as people celebrate local and regional cultures, but perhaps more importantly as local councils and other groups seek to use festivals both to promote tourism and to stimulate rural development. This title discusses issues affecting music festivals globally.
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Preface; Part I Music Festivals; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Rise of Music Festivals; Chapter 3 Who Goes? Audiences, Fans, Fanatics; Chapter 4 What’s it Worth? Economic Dimensions of Music Festivals; Chapter 5 Whose Community? Conflict and Identity; Part II Music Festivals; Chapter 6 Parkes; Chapter 7 Creating Classical Country; Chapter 8 Tamworth; Chapter 9 Byron Bay; Chapter 10 Conclusion;
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'This volume is an exemplar of what a research monograph should be, an academic masterpiece providing a turning point in an intellectual current that speaks far beyond its immediate audience. The authors should be commended for making their landmark contribution in an open, accessible, and ultimately intellectually satisfying way.' LSE Review of Books
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780754675266
Publisert
2012-04-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
252

Om bidragsyterne

Professor Chris Gibson is at the GeoQuest Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia and Professor John Connell is at the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia