Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City
Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City (Heritage, Culture and Identity) edited by Stephen Wagg, Peter Bramham
English | December 28, 2009 | ISBN: 0754672743, 1138272523 | PDF | 232 pages | 4 MB
English | December 28, 2009 | ISBN: 0754672743, 1138272523 | PDF | 232 pages | 4 MB
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.