Michael O. Johnston

The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle

Floatzilla

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Johnston explains how the media constructs the natural and bodily experience canoers and kayakers say they have while attending an annual floating event that occurs on the Mississippi River, contending that social meaning is essential for humans to make sense of their surroundings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781666929720
• ISBN-10: 1666929727
• Artikelnr.: 68399888

Autorenporträt

By Michael O. Johnston

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Importance of Community Media in Shaping Festival City
Chapter 2. The Making of an Occasion
Chapter 3. The Road to the Float
Chapter 4. The Arrival, Performance, and Departure
Conclusion
Appendix: Sources and Methods, Cities and Their Festival
References
About the Author