Exploring community festivals and events [electronic resource] / edited by Allan Jepson and Alan Clarke.

ISBN:

9781317690856

Title:

Author:

Jepson, Allan.

Publication Information:

Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2014.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Series:

Routledge Advances in Event Research Series

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Defining and exploring community festivals and events; Part I Exploring and defining the context of community festivals and events; 2 Organic festivity: a missing element of community festival; 3 Experiencing community festivals and events: insights from Finnish summer festivals; 4 Festivals and sense of community in places of transition: the Yakkerboo Festival, an Australian case study; 5 New and old tourism traditions: the case of Skieda in Livigno, Italian Alps

6 'Whose festival?' Examining questions of participation, access and ownership in rural festivalsPart II Exploring and defining community festival and event communities; 7 'Wha's like us?' Scottish Highland Games in America and the identity of the Scots' diaspora; 8 Football on the weekend: rural events and the Haitian imagined community in the Dominican Republic; 9 Pride, identity and authenticity in community festivals and events in Malta; 10 The importance of community events in nationalist oriented political environments: the case of the Portuguese Estado Novo

11 'Something greater than the sum of its parts': narratives of sense of place at a community multicultural festival12 Open house food catering: does it destroy local culture and traditions? A perspective from Malaysia; 13 Religion, community and events; 14 'Taste'-ing festivals: understanding constructions of rural identity through community festivals; 15 Swiss and Italian identities: exploring heritage, culture and community in regional Australia; 16 The Pozières Son et Lumière: peace and memory after the Great War; 17 End of the rainbow? A review of community events in Liverpool

18 Back to the futureIndex

Subject Term:

Festivals -- Social aspects.

Special events -- Social aspects.

Added Author:

Jepson, Allan.

Clarke, Alan.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2014.

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Summary

The development of the festival and event industry has seen large scale growth and extensive government support as a result of objectives to enhance and project the image of place and leverage positive sponsorship and regeneration opportunities. As we move deeper into austerity measures prompted by economic recession, community festivals and events as a sacred or profane time of celebration can be considered even more important than ever before.

This book for the first time explores the role and importance of 'community', 'culture' and its impact through festivals and events. Split into two distinct sections, the first introduces key themes and concepts, contextualises local traditions and culture, and investigates how festivals and events can act as a catalyst for tourism and create a sense of community. It then questions the social and political nature of festivals and community events through examining their ownership. The second section focuses on communities themselves, seeking to examine and discuss key emerging themes in community event studies such as; the role of diaspora, imagined communities, pride and identity, history, producing and consuming space and place, authenticity, and multi-ethnic communities. Examples are drawn from Portugal, the Dominican Republic, the USA, Malaysia, Malta, Finland and Australia making this book truly international.

This significant volume will be valuable reading for students and academics across the fields of Event, Tourism and Hospitality studies as well as other social science disciplines.

Author Notes

Allan Jepson was awarded his PhD in 2009; which investigated community festival planning and decision making practices. He is currently a senior academic in Event Studies & Tourism, and researcher in communities and their events within the Marketing Insight Research Group (MIRU) at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. Over the last decade he has developed undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, in Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management.

Alan Clarke works at the University of Pannonia in Veszprém in Hungary, where he helped to develop the English programmes at BA and Masters levels in tourism and hospitality. Since moving to Hungary he has continued his commitments in the UK and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Derby. His current research interests include religious tourism and finding the commonalities between wine tourism in Hungary and whisky trails in Scotland.

Reviews (1)

Choice Review

Jepson (Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK) and Clarke (Univ. of Pannonia, Hungary) deliver 18 chapters of case study, empirical, and conceptually based research that serves to address the growing interests at the nexus of festivals and events, tourism, and sense of community. The text comprises two main parts that are exploratory in nature: the context of community festivals and events, and specific community festivals and event communities. International examples are provided by numerous leading scholars on the topics (save one or two), as they discuss concepts of diaspora, imagined communities, pride and identity, contested history, and authenticity throughout the latter portion of the book. The volume is focused largely on cases from Europe and Australasia, and leaves out North and South American examples. Libraries with extensive collections on tourism, or those with growing collections on festivals and events literature, should have this volume. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students/faculty. --Kyle M. Woosnam, Texas A&M University