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Festivals and the cultural public sphere

edited by Liana Giorgi, Monica Sassatelli and Gerard Delanty

(Routledge advances in sociology)

Routledge, 2013, c2011

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"First published 2011 by Routledge. First issued in paperback 2013"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Festivals and the Cultural Public Sphere provides the first major social scientific study of these festivals in the wake of their explosion in popularity over the past decade. It explores the cultural significance of contemporary arts festivals from their location within the cultural public sphere, examining them as sites for contestation and democratic debate, and also identifying them as examples of a particular aesthetic cosmopolitanism. The book approaches contemporary festivals as relatively autonomous social texts that need interpretation and contextualisation. This perspective, combined with a diversified set of theoretical approaches and research methods, and guided by a common thematic rationale, places the volume squarely within some of the most debated topics in current social sciences. Furthermore, the multifaceted nature of festivals allows for unusual but useful connections to be made across several fields of social inquiry. This timely edited collection brings together contributions from key figures across the social sciences, and proves to be valuable reading for undergraduate students, postgraduates, and professionals working within the areas of contemporary social theory, cultural theory, and visual culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Urban Festivals and the Cultural Public Sphere: Cosmopolitanism between Ethics and Aesthetics 2. Between Tradition, Vision and Imagination: The Public Sphere of Literature Festivals 3. Art Biennales and Cities as Platforms for Global Dialogue 4. Festivals and the Geography of Culture: African Cinema in the "World Space" of its Public 5. The Cultural Public Sphere - Critical Measure of Public Culture? 6. Festivals: Local and Global. Critical Interventions and the Cultural Public Sphere 7. International Festivals in a Small Country: Rites of Recognition and Cosmopolitanism 8. Festivalization, Cosmopolitanism and European Culture: On the Socio-cultural Significance of Mega-events 9. Festival Spaces, Green Sensibilities and Youth Culture, Joanne Cummings 10. Cannes: a French International Festival 11. 'Space is the Place'. The Global Localities of Sonar and Womad Music Festivals. Conclusion

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  • NCID
    BC13426626
  • ISBN
    • 9780415714969
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Abingdon
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 208 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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