Festival cultures: mapping new fields in the arts and social sciences
This book brings together interdisciplinary research from the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, Archaeology, Art, History and Religious Studies, showing the necessity of a transdisciplinary and diachronic approach to examine the last half-century of modern arts and performance festivals. The volume...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cham
Palgrave Macmillan
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Festival performance
/ Cultural anthropology
/ Religious ethnology
/ History 1969-2022
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion TK Recent history ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Generals / HISTORY
B Cultural sciences B Religion, allgemein B Cultural Studies B Sociology / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generals B Social & Cultural History B Kunst, allgemein B Religion: general B The arts: general issues B RELIGION / Generals B Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte |
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| Summary: | This book brings together interdisciplinary research from the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, Archaeology, Art, History and Religious Studies, showing the necessity of a transdisciplinary and diachronic approach to examine the last half-century of modern arts and performance festivals. The volume focuses on new theoretical and methodological approaches for the examination of festivals and festival cultures, both the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert and burner culture in Europe. The editors argue that festival cultures are becoming values-inflected global forms of travel, dwelling, festivity, communication, and social organisation that are transforming contemporary cultures and have significant political capital |
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| Item Description: | Interessenniveau: 06, Professional and scholarly: For an expert adult audience, including academic research. (06) |
| ISBN: | 3030883949 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88392-8 |