Festival places : revitalising rural Australia / edited by Chris Gibson and John Connell.

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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Exploring Rural Festivals -- 1.The Extent and Significance of Rural Festivals / J. Walmsley -- 2.Histories of Agricultural Shows and Rural Festivals in Australia / K. Darian-Smith -- 3.Rural Festivals and Processes of Belonging / G. Waitt -- pt. 2 Nuts and Bolts: Making Festivals Happen -- 4.Local Leadership and Rural Renewal through Festival Fun: The Case of SnowFest / A. Davies -- 5.Economic Benefits of Rural Festivals and Questions of Geographical Scale: The Rusty Gromfest Surf Carnival / P. Tindall -- 6.Greening Rural Festivals: Ecology, Sustainability and Human-Nature Relations / C. Wong -- pt. 3 Politics and Place: Culture, Nature and Colonialism -- 7.Performing Culture as Political Strategy: The Garma Festival, Northeast Arnhem Land / P. Phivvs -- 8.´Our Spirit Rises from the Ashes´: Mapoon Festival and History´s Shadow / L. Slater -- 9.Birthday Parties and Flower Shows, Musters and Multiculturalism: Festivals in Post-War Gympie / R. Edwards -- 10.On Display: Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show and the Assembly of Place / R. Mayes -- pt. 4 Reinventing Rurality -- 11.Elvis in the Country: Transforming Place in Rural Australia / C. Gibson -- 12.Marketing a Sustainable Rural Utopia: The Evolution of a Community Festival / H.P.-M. Winchester -- 13.ChillOut: A Festival ´Out´ in the Country / A. Gorman-Murray -- pt. 5 Festival People -- 14.Bring in Your Washing: Family Circuses, Festivity and Rural Australia / A. Lemon -- 15.Culturing Commitment: Serious Leisure and the Folk Festival Experience / R. Begg -- 16.Tartans, Kilts and Bagpipes: Cultural Identity and Community Creation at the Bundanoon is Brigadoon Scottish Festival / J. Li -- 17.What is Wangaratta to Jazz? The (Re)creation of Place, Music and Community at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival / R. Curtis.