Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City (Heritage, Culture, and Identity) - Softcover

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9781138272521: Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City (Heritage, Culture, and Identity)
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ISBN 10: 1138272523 ISBN 13: 9781138272521
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Dr Peter Bramham is Reader in Leisure Studies and Professor Stephen Wagg is Reader in Sport and Society at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138272523
ISBN 13 
9781138272521
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
232
Editor
Wagg Stephen

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