Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City Contributor(s): Wagg, Stephen (Editor), Bramham, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138272523 ISBN-13: 9781138272521 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
Dewey: 306.483 |
Series: Heritage, Culture, and Identity |
Physical Information: 232 pages |
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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. |