EVENT MOBILITIES by Kevin Hannam (Editor), Mary Mostafanezhad (Editor), Jillian Rickly (Editor) ( 9781317450467 )

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Title:

EVENT MOBILITIES
POLITICS, PLACE AND PERFORMANCE

By:

Kevin Hannam (Editor), Mary Mostafanezhad (Editor), Jillian Rickly (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1317450469

ISBN 13:

9781317450467

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

17 March, 2016

Series:

Routledge Advances in Event Research Series

Pages:

152

Synopsis:

Events from a mobilities perspective attend to moments in which individual networks coalesce in place but are not isolated in their performance as they often foster far-reaching and mobile networks of community. In so doing, individuals travel from varying distances to participate in localized performances. However, events themselves are also mobile, and events affect mobility. Mobile events serve as contexts that provide meanings and purpose articulated in relation to, and as, a series of other social actions. They further highlight the role of the body and embodied practices in the performance of events. Building on Sheller and Urry's (2004) seminal work Tourism Mobilities, the purpose of this book is to further develop event studies research within mobilities studies so as to challenge the limitations that dichotomous understandings of home/away, work/leisure, and host/guest play. Simply put, events are always already place-based and political in the sense that they can both inspire mobility as well as lead to various immobilities for different social groups. The title addresses everyday as well as extraordinary events, shining an empirical and theoretical lens onto the political, economic and social role of events in numerous geographic and cultural contexts.? It stretches across academic disciplines and fields of study to illustrate the advantages of a mobilities multi-disciplinary conversation.? This groundbreaking volume is the first to offer a conceptualization and theorization of event mobilities. It will serve as a valuable resource and reference for event, tourism and leisure studies students and scholars interested in exploring the ways the everyday and the extraordinary interlace.

Illustrations:

2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 1 Tables,

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Non-returnable

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