Focus on world festivals : contemporary case studies and perspectives / edited by Chris Newbold and Jennie Jordan.

ISBN:

9781910158562

Title:

Author:

Newbold, Chris, 1961-, editor.

Publication Information:

Oxford : Goodfellow publishers, 2016.

Physical Description:

xxii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

General Note:

Companion volume to: Focus on festivals, published by Goodfellow in 2015.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Understanding Festivals -- Introduction / Jennie Jordan -- 1.The Festivalisation of Contemporary Life / Jennie Jordan -- 2.The Place to be... global! The glocal' configuration of world festivals: The case of Les Eurockeennes de Belfort, France / Emmanuel Negrier -- 3.Norwegian Festivals and a Music Economy in Transition: The art of balancing ambitions, expectations and limitations / Daniel Nordgard -- 4.Visual Arts Festivals and Globalisation: The rise of biennials / Monica Sassatelli -- 5.Animating Places: A new festival phenomenon? / Maurice Maguire -- 6.Republic of the Imagination: Burning Man and the culture of radical self-expression / Rachel Bowditch -- Section 2 Managing Festivals: Policy, Impact and People -- Introduction / Jennie Jordan -- 7.Leicester: `Festival City / or a City with Festivals'? / Simon Brown -- 8.Perspective of Taiwan Lantern Festival / Alison Shin-Yi Huang --

Contents note continued: 9.Galway International Arts Festival: What's behind the internationalisation of a name? / Silvia Guglielmini -- 10.Rock in Rio: The Festival / Vanessa Martin -- 11.Building the Festival Team: A case study of Saint Petersburg art festivals / Elena Elkanova -- 12.Large Festivals-Great Struggles / Janos Zoltan Szabo -- 13.Community Perceptions on the Impacts of Art Festivals on Overall Quality of Life: A case study of the Innibos National Arts Festival, South Africa / Mathilda van Niekerk -- 14.Valuing Arts Festivals: A case study of the South African National Arts Festival / Jen D. Snowball -- 15.Festivals on the High Street: Revitalising business and communities in the UK / Silvie Jacobi -- 16.Are You Having a Laugh? Comedy and Festivals in the 21st Century / Ljiljana Radosevic -- Section 3 Using Festivals: Culture and Identity -- Introduction / Chris Newbold --

Contents note continued: 17.`Appealing for Grace': The Guinea Corn Festival of the Nawuris of Northern Ghana / Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu -- 18.Visualising National Life: The Hornbill Festival as Culture and Politics / Arkotong Longkumer -- 19.The World's Largest Water Fight, or the Battle for the Soul of a Festival: Songkran in Thailand and South East Asia / Chris Newbold -- 20.China: Rehabilitating Festivals / Meng Xiang -- 21.Festivals that Change Lives / Floriane Gaber -- 22.A Holy Week Carnival? The Iberoamerican Theater Festival of Bogota / Paolo Vignolo -- 23.Dia de los Muertos and its Representation of Calaveras / Emily Bradfield -- 24.Commemorating the Ancestors: Performances of death at the Tucson All Souls' Procession / Rachel Bowditch -- 25.Off the Beaten Track / Robyn Archer -- 26.The Parkes Elvis Festival: Attendee and Host Community Perspectives / Eve Carroll-Dwyer -- 27.`We have been called Carnival People': The Festive Culture of Trinidad and Tobago / Milla Cozart Riggio.

Added Author:

Newbold, Chris, 1961-,

Jordan, Jennie,

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2016

Publication Information:

Oxford : Goodfellow publishers, 2016.

Woodeaten, Oxford

Goodfellow Publishers Ltd,

[2016]

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Summary

Focus on World Festivals: Contemporary case studies and perspectives provides the reader with a contemporary overview of festival activity from around the world based on over 30 case studies drawn from every continent. Through its case-study focus this book can be utilised in several ways; to examine different types and genres of festivals across the world; to consider in detail specific festivals in specific contexts; to look at management and organisational issues in festival provision, and to illustrate debates and theories pertaining to festivals throughout the world. 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 It is a dynamic and indispensable text for students in arts and festivals management, events, tourism, creative industries, cultural and public policy, music industry and management courses as well as for festival and events managers, public authorities and existing and potential sponsors. Through the variety of festivals illustrated in this book, the reader will discover that much about the nature of festivals crosses borders, they are a recognisable and growing part of societal and cultural delivery around the globe; their impacts, economic, social and cultural are a major driver in their development; their popularity with audiences, arts organisations and performers is undiminished in this ever-expanding cultural phenomenon of festivals..