Power, Construction and Meaning in Festivals

ISBN-13: 9781138063228 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 214 str.

Allan Jepson; Alan Clarke

Opis

This book offers a deeper and more critical insight into the planning processes of festivals and events. It is valuable reading for students and researchers who are interested in the relationships and dynamics involved in the construction and planning of festivals and events, their immediate impact and their significance for the future.

Spis treści

1. Introducing Power, Meaning and Authenticity; 2. A Q-study of Organisers’ Perspectives on Factors of Festival Success in Crete; 3. "I don’t think they give a monkey’s about me"; Exploring stakeholder power and community alienation at Glastonbury Festival; 4. Event evolution and the planning process; the case of the Finnish Housing Fair; 5. The sporting and heritage festival of Landsmót in Iceland: Identity expressions and performances of nation, gender and rurality; 6.Personal networks in festival, event and creative communities: perceptions, connections and collaborations; 7. Innovation in rural festivals. Are festival managers disempowered?; 8. The effects of Supply Chain Management (SCM) activities and their impact upon festival management and the customer experience; 9. The Importance of the Stakeholder Relationship for the Success of an Event; The Case of Montreal; 10.‘Power wrestling’: the life and [untimely] death of the Real Food Festival; 11. Religion and Politics – Event, Authenticity and Meaning: A dialogical approach; 12. Commemoration, Celebration, And Commercialisation; Akaroa’s French Festival; 13. Managing community stakeholders in rural areas: Assessing the organisation of local sports events in Gorski kotar, Croatia; 14. Concluding Remarks on Power Authenticity and Meaning ;