| Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City Contributor(s): Wagg, Stephen (Editor), Bramham, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754672743 ISBN-13: 9780754672746 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 306.483 |
| LCCN: 2009030836 |
| Series: Heritage, Culture, and Identity |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |