The spread of UK music festivals has exploded since 2000. In this major contribution to cultural studies, the lid is lifted on the contemporary festival scene. Gone are the days of a handful of formulaic, large events dominating the market place. Across the country, hundreds of …
The spread of UK music festivals has exploded since 2000. In this major contribution to cultural studies, the lid is lifted on the contemporary festival scene. Gone are the days of a handful of formulaic, large events dominating the market place. Across the country, hundreds of …
"A brilliant collection of essays on popular music festival culture as a whole, from its origins to a wide range of contemporarymanifestations"--Provided by publisher.
'The Pop Festival' brings scholarship in cultural studies, media studies, musicology, sociology, and history together in one volume to explore the music festival as a key event in the cultural landscape - and one of major interest to young people as festival-goers themselves and…
Essays on popular music festival culture as a whole, from its origins to a wide range of contemporary manifestations
Acknowledgements -- Picture credits -- Contributors -- Introduction -- George McKay -- Chapter 1. -- 'The pose ... is a stance': popular music and the cultural politics of festival in 1950s Britain -- George McKay -- Chapter 2 -- Out of sight: the mediation of the music festival…
"A brilliant collection of essays on popular music festival culture as a whole, from its origins to a wide range of contemporary manifestations"--Provided by publisher.
"A brilliant collection of essays on popular music festival culture as a whole, from its origins to a wide range of contemporary manifestations"--Provided by publisher
The outdoor music festival market has developed and commercialised significantly since the mid-1990s, and is now a mainstream part of the British summertime leisure experience. The overall number of outdoor music festivals staged in the UK doubled between 2005 and 2011 to reach …
"Music Festivals in the UK is the first extended investigation into the commercialised rock and pop festival sector, and examines events of all sizes: from mega-events such as Glastonbury Festival, V Festival and the Reading and Leeds Festivals to 'boutique' events with maximum …
"Music Festivals in the UK is the first extended investigation into the commercialised rock and pop festival sector, and examines events of all sizes: from mega-events such as Glastonbury Festival, V Festival and the Reading and Leeds Festivals to 'boutique' events with maximum …