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Liminality and critical event studies : borders, boundaries, and contestation /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Lamond, Ian R., Moss, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Subjects:
Liminality.
Events (Philosophy)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Introduction
  • References
  • Part I Overtures
  • 2 What Is Liminality in Critical Event Studies Research?
  • References
  • 3 Liminality, Subjectivity, and Aesthetics in Event Management Studies
  • Introduction
  • The Liminality Concept
  • The Liminality Concept Applied to Events
  • Subjectivity and the Event Experience
  • Deconstructing the Role and Function of the Event Manager in Relation to the Liminal Concept
  • The Liminality Concept in Events Management Higher Education
  • The Location of Events Studies in the Higher Education Context
  • The Location of 'Design' in Higher Education Events Management Textbooks
  • Summary and Implications
  • References
  • II Oratorios
  • 4 Liminality and Event Design: Liminal Space Design for Sport Events
  • Introduction
  • The Nature of Liminality and Sport Events
  • Sport Events and the Ritualistic Liminal Space
  • Designing Sport Events for Liminal Experiences
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 The Privilege of Subversion
  • Introducing the Privilege of Subversion
  • Situating the Research
  • Field
  • Methods
  • Celebrating Gender and Sexuality
  • Liminal Experiences of LGBT50
  • Living Liminality
  • Doing Politics Through Liminality
  • Creating Imaginaries Through Liminality
  • Liminal Restrictions-Or the Privilege of Subversion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 Searching for Sites of Liminality in Giga-Events
  • Introduction
  • Liminality: Liminal Thinking, Liminal Spaces, and Creating the Liminoidal Environment
  • Disrupting 'Corporate Kettling': 'Neoliberal Consumption' to 'Critical Consumption'
  • Mapping Sites of Liminality and Extending the 'Festival-Event-Leverage Complex'
  • Physical and Digital (Giga)Liminalscapes
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 7 From Everyday Life into the Liminoid and Back Again
  • Introduction
  • Liminality, Transportation, and the World Gymnaestrada
  • Warming Up: Letting Ordinary Life Go
  • The Liminoid Stage: Being Nothing but a Gymnaestrada Participant
  • Preparing for the End of the Liminoid Stage: Letting Ordinary Life in
  • Cooling Down: Returning Home
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 8 Experiencing Abstraction: On Mega-Events, Liminality, and Resistance
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • References
  • 9 'Sit in the Shadows': The Black Body as American Event
  • Sport, Politics, and the Unstable Ritual
  • The Body and Truth: The Racial Politics of Sport
  • Liminality
  • Event
  • The Event and the Subject
  • The Faithful Subject
  • The Reactionary Subject
  • The Obscure Subject
  • The Last Word
  • References
  • 10 Double Liminality: Fado Events and Tourism
  • The Tourists
  • Fado
  • Fado and the Tourism
  • The Fadistas
  • Concluding Comments
  • References
  • III Counterpoints
  • 11 Liminality and Ritual Order: Italy's National Elections of 2018
  • Liminality Inside and Outside Order