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UNINA9910452767703321 |
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Power, politics and international events : socio-cultural analyses of festivals and spectacles / / edited by Udo Merkel |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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1-138-08190-6 |
1-136-25022-0 |
0-203-10459-5 |
1-136-25023-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) |
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Routledge Advances in Event Research Series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Special events - Social aspects |
Recreation - Social aspects |
Popular culture - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Contents PART I Introduction 1 The critical, social-scientific study of international events: Power, politics and conflicts UDO MERKEL PART II Historical and developmental case studies 2 Regional events and festivals in Europe: Revitalizing traditions and modernizing identities LOUISA DEVISMES 3 The historical roots of the Gymnaestrada : National gymnastics festivals in nineteenth-century Europe ANGELA WICHMANN 4 World Expos and global power relations JAYNE LUSCOMBE 5 A short, selective history of the Gay Games: Conflicts, clashes and controversies NIGEL JARVIS PART III Contemporary case studies and ethnographies 6 Global events and local conflicts: Who owns the streets of London? ADAM JONES AND JANET WOOLLEY 7 "A Day at the Races": Critical reflections of an insider STEVEN GOSS-TURNER 8 Arts, acrobatics and athleticism in North Korea: Power, politics and propaganda UDO MERKEL 9 The World Baseball Classic: The production and politics of a new global sports spectacle THOMAS F. CARTER 10 Politics as spectacle: U2's 360 tour (2009-2011) MICHAEL WILLIAMS |
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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 context of international events, popular festivals and famous spectacles. It draws on recent primary research and offers a diverse range of new and intriguing case studies, for example the Arirang Festival in North Korea, the Gay Games, the Gymnaestrada, horse-racing events, the London 2012 Olympics, regional and rural festivals, the World Baseball Classic, World Fairs/Expos and U2 concerts. The main aim of this volume is to bring the critical, social-scientific analysis of events, festivals and spectacles more into the core of the teaching of events management degree programmes. The book draws extensively upon the disciplines of politics, sociology, cultural studies and history. In the process, it addresses key themes such as: - political economy - politics of popular culture - the global and the local - regionalism and globalization - nations and nationalism - international relations and foreign policy. This groundbreaking collection of essays is unique and innovative. It will be an essential source for students, researchers and academics with a keen interest in critical, social-scientific analyses of events. 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 context of international events, popular festivals and famous spectacles. It draws on recent primary research and offers a diverse range of new and intriguing case studies, for example the Arirang Festival in North Korea, the Gay Games, the Gymnaestrada, horse-racing events, the London 2012 Olympics, regional and rural festivals, the World Baseball Classic, World Fairs/Expos and U2 concerts. The main aim of this volume is to bring the critical, social-scientific analysis of events, festivals and spectacles more into the core of the teaching of events management degree programmes. The book draws extensively upon the disciplines of politics, sociology, cultural studies and history. In the process, it addresses key themes such as: - political economy - politics of popular culture - the global and the local - regionalism and globalization - nations and nationalism - international relations and foreign policy. This groundbreaking collection of essays is unique and innovative. It will be an essential source for students, researchers and academics with a keen interest in critical, social-scientific analyses of events. |
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UNISA996216723603316 |
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The Cambridge companion to postcolonial literary studies / / edited by Neil Lazarus [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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1-139-81707-8 |
0-511-60675-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Cambridge companions to literature |
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Postcolonialism in literature |
Criticism - History - 20th century |
Postcolonialism |
Decolonization in literature |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). |
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Introducing postcolonial studies / Neil Lazarus -- Social and historical context -- The global dispensation since 1945 / Neil Lazarus -- Anti-colonialism, national liberation, and postcolonial nation formation / Tamara Sivanandan -- The institutionalization of postcolonial studies / Benita Parry -- The shape of the field -- Postcolonial literature in the western literary canon / John Marx -- Poststructuralism and postcolonial discourse / Simon Gikandi -- From development to globalization: postcolonial studies and globalization theory / Timothy Brennan -- Reading subaltern history / Pryiamvada Gopal -- Temporality and postcolonial critique / Keya Ganguly -- Sites of engagement -- Nationalism and postcolonial studies / Laura Chrisman -- Feminism in/and postcolonialism / Deepika Bahri -- Latin American postcolonial studies and global decolonization / Fernando Coronil -- Migrancy, hybridity and postcolonial literary studies / Andrew Smith. |
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The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies, first published in 2004, offers a lucid introduction and overview of one of the most important strands in recent literary theory and cultural studies. The volume aims to introduce readers to key concepts, methods, theories, thematic concerns, and contemporary debates in |
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the field. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, contributors explain the impact of history, sociology and philosophy on the study of postcolonial literatures and cultures. Topics examined include everything from anti-colonial nationalism and decolonisation to globalisation, migration flows, and the 'brain drain' which constitute the past and present of 'the postcolonial condition'. The volume also pays attention to the sociological and ideological conditions surrounding the emergence of postcolonial literary studies as an academic field in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Companion turns an authoritative, engaged and discriminating lens on postcolonial literary studies. |
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