3 research outputs found
'From mosh pit to posh pit': Festival imagery in the context of the boutique festival
This paper addresses market-based cultural production in the context of the UK festival field, with a focus on the framing of the festival experience through anticipation. In particular, boutique festivals are discussed as examples of a contemporary cultural ?product category? which has emerged and proliferated in the last decade. Through discourse analysis of media representations of boutique festivals, we situate the boutique festival in a broader sociocultural discourse of agency and choice, which makes it meaningful and desirable, and outline the type of consumer it is meant to attract. For the contemporary consumer, the boutique festival is presented as an anticipated experience based on countercultural festival imagery, while simultaneously framing cultural participation through consumption. The paper contributes to a wider debate on the construction of the consumer in the cultural economy
Festivals mean business II The shape of arts festivals in the UK : 2002 update
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:m03/24232 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
Arts festivals 1994 Audiences, attitudes and sponsorship; a national research survey among more than 2000 visitors to arts festivals during 1994
Available from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:99/38248 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo