Book chapter
Birthday Parties and Flower Shows, Musters and Multiculturalism: Festivals in Post-War Gympie
Festival Places: Revitalising Rural Australia, pp.136-154
Channel View Publications
2011
Abstract
Festivals have burgeoned in rural areas, revitalising old traditions and inventing new reasons to celebrate. How do festivals contribute to tourism, community and a rural sense of belonging? What are their cultural, environmental and economic dimensions? This book answers such questions - featuring contributions from leading geographers, historians, anthropologists, tourism scholars and cultural researchers. It draws on a range of case studies: from the rustic charm of agricultural shows and family circuses to the effervescent festival of Elvis Presley impersonators in Parkes; from wildflower collecting to the cosmopolitan beats of ChillOut, Australia's largest non-metropolitan gay and lesbian festival. Festivals as diverse as youth surfing carnivals, country music musters, Aboriginal gatherings in the remote Australian outback, Scottish highland gatherings and German Christmas celebrations are united in their emphasis on community, conviviality and fun. [Book Synopsis]
Details
- Title
- Birthday Parties and Flower Shows, Musters and Multiculturalism: Festivals in Post-War Gympie
- Authors
- Robert Edwards (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Contributors
- C Gibson (Editor)J Connell (Editor)
- Publication details
- Festival Places: Revitalising Rural Australia, pp.136-154
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications
- Date published
- 2011
- ISBN
- 9781845411664
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449669202621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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