LEADER 04440nam 22005772 450 001 9910779751003321 005 20160225095046.0 010 $a0-7486-8929-X 010 $a0-7486-7031-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748670314 035 $a(CKB)2550000001094582 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000992739 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11577729 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000992739 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10949542 035 $a(PQKB)10812967 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748670314 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1224213 035 $a(DE-B1597)615105 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748670314 035 $a(OCoLC)1302163963 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001094582 100 $a20140319d2014|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Edinburgh festivals $eculture and society in postwar Britain /$fAngela Bartie$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-7486-7030-0 311 $a1-299-70152-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The cultural resort of Europe: the creation of the Festival, c. 1944-1947 -- Cultural challenge: the creation of a 'fringe', 1947-1955 -- Convergence of cultures: new developments in the arts, 1956-1962 -- Culture and (im)morality: the year of the happening, 1963 -- Cultural explosion: the arts and moral conflict in Edinburgh in the high sixties, 1964-1967 -- Cultural crisis? Protest and reaction, 1968-1970 -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. List of Lord Provosts/Edinburgh Festival Society chairs and festival artistic directors, 1947-1970 -- Appendix 2. Short biographies of oral history interviewees. 327 $aIntroduction -- The cultural resort of Europe: the creation of the festival, c. 1944-1947 -- Cultural challenge: the creation of 'fringe', 1947-1955 -- Convergence of cultures: new developments in the arts, 1956-1962 -- Culture and (im)morality: the year of the happening, 1963 -- Cultural explosion: the arts and moral conflict in Edinburgh in the high sixties, 1964-1967 --Cultural crisis? Protest and reaction, 1968-1970 -- Conclusion -- Appendices: 1. List of lord provosts/ Edinburgh festival society chairs and festival artistic directors, 1947-1970 -- 2. Short biographies of oral history interviewees sources and select bibliography. 330 $a"The Edinburgh Festival is the world's largest arts festival. It has also been the site of numerous 'culture wars' since it began in 1947. Key debates that took place across the western world about the place of culture in society, the practice and significance of the arts, censorship, the role of organised religion, and meanings of morality were all reflected in contest over culture in the Festival City. The Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama sought to use culture to bolster European civilisation, for which it was considered for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. The Church saw culture as a 'weapon of enlightenment', the labour movement as a 'weapon in the struggle', and the new generation of artistic entrepreneurs who came to the fore in the 1960s as a means of challenge and provocation, resulting in high profile controversies like the nudity trial of 1963 and the furore over a play about bestiality in 1967. These ideas - conservative and liberal, elite and diverse, traditional and avant-garde - all clashed every August in Edinburgh, making the Festival City an effective lens for exploring major changes in culture and society in post-war Britain. This book explores the 'culture wars' of 1945-1970 and is the first major study of the origins and development of this leading annual arts extravaganza." 606 $aPerforming arts festivals$zScotland$zEdinburgh 606 $aSocial change$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aPerforming arts festivals 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 676 $a700.744134 700 $aBartie$b Angela$01570678 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779751003321 996 $aThe Edinburgh festivals$93844506 997 $aUNINA