Festival Activism Mary L. Scheer Mitchell Springer

Mitchell Springer

By connecting contemporary discourse with religious texts

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power processes within and between organizations

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Festival Activism Mary L. Scheer Mitchell SpringerFor decades, festivals have been important sites of inquiry for folklorists and ethnomusicologists alike as celebrations of culture. Moving beyond traditional discussions of staged culture and multiculturalism, however, this edited volume explores how festivals may be mobilized as strategic forms of direct action. Festival Activism is a diverse collection of case studies from scholars, performers, and arts administrators, all of whom deftly argue that