Protests as events : politics, activism and leisure /: politics, activism and leisure. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ian R. Lamond and Karl Spracklen.
• Editors: Lamond, Ian R; Spracklen, Karl
• Contents: Introduction- Ian Lamond and Karl Spracklen/ Part I Mediatisation and Media Spectacle/ 1 The construction of contested public spheres: Discourses of protest and identity in a British campaigning organisation- Ian Lamond, Cassandra Kilbride and Karl Spracklen/ 2 SlutWalk Hong Kong and the media - Angie Ng/ 3 Lights, camera, direct action: The protest spectacle as media opportunity and message sender - Jonathan Cable/ 4 Paving the way for anti-militarism in Romania: activists, events and public authorities during the 2008 NATO summit - Henry Rammelt/ Part II Identity, Embodiment and Categorization/ 5 Academic-activism(s) in urban resistances: Pioneers or obstacles for a common ground - Nezihe Basak Ergin/ 6 As Barriers Fall, contingency becomes possibility: Protest resisting and escaping containment and categorization - Christian Garland/ 7 ‘It’s a Beautiful Thing, the Destruction of Wor(l)ds’ - Aylwyn Walsh and Myrto Tsilimpounidi/ 8 The logic of movement practice: An embodiment approach to activist research - Raphael Schlembach/ Part III Events as Dissent/ 9 Sounds of Dissent: Music as Protest - Craig Robertson/ 10 Rave Culture – Free Party or Protest? - Rev. Ruth Dowson, Dan Lomax and Bernadette Theodore-Saltibus/ 11 Events of emancipation and spectacles of discontent - Nils-Christian Kumkar/ 12 Affective and spatial construction of identities in protest events - Tatiana Golova/ Conclusion – Ian Lamond and Karl Spracklen/ Notes on the Contributors/ Bibliography/ Index
• Publisher Details: London : Rowman & Littlefield International
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 269 pages)
• Subjects: 322.4/4; Sports & Recreation: General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy; Business & Economics: Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism; Social Science: Media Studies; Political Science: Political Freedom; Political participation; Protest movements; Leisure -- Political aspects; Special events -- Management -- Political aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783480784; 1783480785; 1322247978; 9781322247977
• Related ISBNs: 9781783480760; 9781783480777
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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