Festival places : revitalising rural Australia /: revitalising rural Australia. (2011)
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- Book
- Title:
- Festival places : revitalising rural Australia /: revitalising rural Australia. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Festival places : revitalising rural Australia
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Chris Gibson and John Connell.
- Other Names:
- Gibson, Chris, 1973-
Connell, John, 1946- - Contents:
- Contributors Preface Section 1: Exploring rural festivals Chapter 1: The extent and significance of rural festivals - Chris Gibson, John Connell, Gordon Waitt and Jim Walmsley Chapter 2: Histories of agricultural shows and rural festivals in Australia - Kate Darian-Smith Chapter 3: Rural festivals and processes of belonging - Michelle Duffy and Gordon Waitt Section 2: Nuts and bolts: Making festivals happen Chapter 4: Local leadership and rural renewal through festival fun: the case of SnowFest - Amanda Davies Chapter 5: Economic benefits of rural festivals and questions of geographical scale: the Rusty Gromfest surf carnival - Patricia Tindall Chapter 6: Greening rural festivals: ecology, sustainability, and human-nature relations - Chris Gibson and Colleen Wong Section 3: Politics and place: Culture, nature and colonialism Chapter 7: Performing culture as political strategy: the Garma Festival, Northeast Arnhem Land - Peter Phipps Chapter 8: ‘Our Spirit Rises from the Ashes’: Mapoon festival and History’s shadow - Lisa Slater Chapter 9: Birthday parties and flower shows, musters and multiculturalism: festivals in post-war Gympie - Robert Edwards Chapter 10: On display: Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show and the assembly of place - Robyn Mayes Section 4: Reinventing rurality Chapter 11: Elvis in the country: transforming place in rural Australia - John Connell and Chris Gibson Chapter 12: Marketing a sustainable rural utopia: the evolution of a community festival - Matthew W.Contributors Preface Section 1: Exploring rural festivals Chapter 1: The extent and significance of rural festivals - Chris Gibson, John Connell, Gordon Waitt and Jim Walmsley Chapter 2: Histories of agricultural shows and rural festivals in Australia - Kate Darian-Smith Chapter 3: Rural festivals and processes of belonging - Michelle Duffy and Gordon Waitt Section 2: Nuts and bolts: Making festivals happen Chapter 4: Local leadership and rural renewal through festival fun: the case of SnowFest - Amanda Davies Chapter 5: Economic benefits of rural festivals and questions of geographical scale: the Rusty Gromfest surf carnival - Patricia Tindall Chapter 6: Greening rural festivals: ecology, sustainability, and human-nature relations - Chris Gibson and Colleen Wong Section 3: Politics and place: Culture, nature and colonialism Chapter 7: Performing culture as political strategy: the Garma Festival, Northeast Arnhem Land - Peter Phipps Chapter 8: ‘Our Spirit Rises from the Ashes’: Mapoon festival and History’s shadow - Lisa Slater Chapter 9: Birthday parties and flower shows, musters and multiculturalism: festivals in post-war Gympie - Robert Edwards Chapter 10: On display: Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show and the assembly of place - Robyn Mayes Section 4: Reinventing rurality Chapter 11: Elvis in the country: transforming place in rural Australia - John Connell and Chris Gibson Chapter 12: Marketing a sustainable rural utopia: the evolution of a community festival - Matthew W. Rofe and Hilary P.M. Winchester Chapter 13: ChillOut: a festival ‘out’ in the country - Gordon Waitt and Andrew Gorman-Murray Section 5: Festival people Chapter 14: Bring in your washing: family circuses, festivity and rural Australia - Andrea Lemon Chapter 15: Culturing commitment: serious leisure and the folk festival experience - Robbie Begg Chapter 16: Tartans, kilts and bagpipes: cultural identity and community creation at the Bundanoon is Brigadoon Scottish festival - Brad Ruting and Jen Li Chapter 17: What is Wangaratta to jazz? The (re)creation of place, music and community at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival - Rebecca Anne Curtis … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Bristol : Channel View Publications
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (328 pages)
- Subjects:
- 394.230994
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning
GEOGRAPHY
Anthropology
Rural planning
Cultural studies
Festivals -- Australia
Festivals -- Australia -- Case studies
Country life -- Australia
Australia -- Social life and customs - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781845412098
1845412095 - Access Rights:
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