Festival places : revitalising rural Australia /: revitalising rural Australia. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• 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. 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
• 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
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