Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle - Floatzilla

Johnston explains how the media constructs the natural and bodily experience canoers and kayakers say they have while attending an annual floating event that occurs on the Mississippi River, contending that social meaning is essential for humans to make sense of their surroundings.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Importance of Community Media in Shaping Festival City
Chapter 2. The Making of an Occasion
Chapter 3. The Road to the Float
Chapter 4. The Arrival, Performance, and Departure
Conclusion
Appendix: Sources and Methods, Cities and Their Festival
References
About the Author

About the author

By Michael O. Johnston

Summary

Johnston explains how the media constructs the natural and bodily experience canoers and kayakers say they have while attending an annual floating event that occurs on the Mississippi River, contending that social meaning is essential for humans to make sense of their surroundings.

Product details

• Authors: Michael O. Johnston
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781666929720
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-972-0
• No. of pages: 124
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Regional Studies, Cultural studies: customs & traditions