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Author:   Allan Jepson (University of Hertfordshire, UK) ,  Alan Clarke (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138083240

ISBN 10:   1138083240
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   24 May 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"1. Defining and exploring community festivals and events Allan Jepson & Alan Clarke 2. Organic Festivity: A Missing Element of Community Festival Vern Biaett 3. Experiencing Community Festivals and Events: Insights from Finnish Summer Festivals Maarit Kinnunen & Antti Haahti 4. Festivals and sense of community in places of transition: The Yakkerboo Festival, an Australian case study Michelle Duffy & Judith Mair 5. New and old tourism traditions – The case of Skieda in Livigno, Italian Alps Margherita Pedrana 6. ‘Whose festival?’: Examining questions of participation, access and ownership in rural festivals Jodie George, Rosie Roberts, & Jessica Pacella 7 . ""Wha's Like Us?"" Scottish Highland Games in America and the Identity of the Scots' Diaspora Jenny Flinn & Daniel Turner 8. Football on the Weekend: Rural Events and the Haitian Imagined Community in the Dominican Republic Nicholas Wise 9. Pride, Identity and Authenticity in Community Festivals and Events in Malta Vincent Zammit 10. The Importance of community events in nationalist oriented political environments: the case of Portuguese Estado Novo Cândida Cadavez 11. “Something Greater than the Sum of its Parts”: Narratives of Sense of Place at a Community Multicultural Festival Kelley A. McClinchey 12. Open House Food Catering: Does It Destroy Local Culture and Traditions? A perspective from Malaysia Azilah Kasim, Mohamed Azlan Ashaari & Shahrul Aman Sabir Ahmad 13. Religion, Community and Events Rev. Ruth Dowson 14. ‘Taste’-ing Festivals: Understanding Constructions of Rural Identity through Community Festivals Jessica Pacella, Jodie George & Rosie Roberts 15. Swiss and Italian Identities: Exploring Heritage, Culture and Community in Regional Australia Leanne White 16. The Pozières Son et Lumière: Peace and memory after the Great War Caroline Winter 17. End of the rainbow? A review of community events in Liverpool W. Gerard Ryan 18. Exploring, defining and concluding upon community festivals and events Allan Jepson & Alan Clarke"

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Allan Jepson was awarded his PhD in 2009; which investigated community festival planning and decision making practices. He is currently a senior academic in Event Studies & Tourism, and researcher in communities and their events within the Marketing Insight Research Group (MIRU) at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. Over the last decade he has developed undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, in Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management. Alan Clarke works at the University of Pannonia in Veszprém in Hungary, where he helped to develop the English programmes at BA and Masters levels in tourism and hospitality. Since moving to Hungary he has continued his commitments in the UK and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Derby. His current research interests include religious tourism and finding the commonalities between wine tourism in Hungary and whisky trails in Scotland.

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