Sport, leisure and culture in the postmodern city / edited by Peter Bramham and Stephen Wagg.
"The widespread concept of the 'postmodern city' is frequently linked to the decline of traditional manufacturing industries and a corresponding wane of white working-class culture. In place of these appear flexible working practices, a diversified workforce, and a greater emphasis on...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub.,
©2009.
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| Series: | Heritage, culture, and identity.
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| Summary: | "The widespread concept of the 'postmodern city' is frequently linked to the decline of traditional manufacturing industries and a corresponding wane of white working-class culture. In place of these appear flexible working practices, a diversified workforce, and a greater emphasis on consumption, leisure, and tourism. Illustrated by an interdisciplinary study of Leeds, a typical postmodern city, this volume examines how such cities have reinvented themselves - commercially, politically and spatially - over the past two decades. The work addresses issues like cultural policy, city-centre development, sport, leisure and identity, and explores different urban processes in relation to changing configuration of class, gender and ethnicity in the postmodern city."--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 221 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754672746 (hardback : alk. paper) 0754672743 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780754691020 (ebook) 0754691020 (ebook) |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |