Identity Discourses and Communities in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Making Sense of Identity Discourses in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles....Pages 3-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Il Calcio as a Source of Local and Social Identity in Italy....Pages 37-53
The Contestation of Identities and Communities in German Football....Pages 54-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Contemporary Images and Identities in the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival....Pages 75-95
London 2012: Urban Imagery and City Branding....Pages 96-115
Royal Celebrations in the Twenty-First Century: ‘Cool Britannia’ versus ‘Britannia Ruled the Waves’....Pages 116-134
Identity Discourses and Narratives in North Korean Events, Festivals and Celebrations....Pages 135-152
China and the World Fairs (1915–2010): Blending Nationalism and Internationalism....Pages 153-170
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Promoting ‘European’ Identities at and through Pan-European Events....Pages 173-191
Celebrating Muhammad’s Birthday in the Middle East: Supporting or Complicating Muslim Identity Projects?....Pages 192-206
Pride and Glamour on the Catwalk: Fashion Models as National and Ethnic Icons....Pages 207-226
Participating in the World ‘Gymnastics For All’ Festival, the Gymnaestrada: A Celebration of a Dialogical, Episodic-Perpetual Identity....Pages 227-241
‘One But Not the Same’: U2 Concerts, Community and Cultural Identity....Pages 242-259
Back Matter....Pages 260-263