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This book brings together the established field of political communication and the emerging field of critical event studies to develop new questions and approaches. Using this combined framework, it reflects upon how we should understand the expression of democratic participation in mainstream mass media during the 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. Are we now living in an era where democratic participation is much more concerned with spectacle rather than substantive debate? The book addresses this conceptual journey and reflects on differing models of democratic participation, before applying that framework to the two identified case studies. Finally, the authors consider what it means to be living in a period of democratic spectacle, where political events have become evental politics. The book will be of use to students and scholars across the fields of political science and culture and media studies, as well as wide readers interested in the current issues facing British politics. .

Political participation --- Referendum --- History --- Great Britain. --- Elections, 2015 --- Great Britain --- Great Britian --- European Union countries --- Politics and government --- Foreign relations --- Democracy --- Political communication. --- Elections. --- Great Britain-Politics and gover. --- Journalism. --- Political sociology. --- Political Communication. --- Electoral Politics. --- British Politics. --- Political Sociology. --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Sociology --- Writing (Authorship) --- Literature --- Publicity --- Fake news --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Polls --- Politics, Practical --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Representative government and representation --- Political communication --- Sociological aspects --- Great Britain—Politics and government. --- Political participation - Great Britain - History - 21st century --- Referendum - Great Britain - History - 21st century --- Great Britain - Politics and government - 2007 --- -Great Britian - Foreign relations - European Union countries --- European Union countries - Foreign relations - Great Britian

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This volume is the first to draw together theoretical reflection, empirical research, and critical reflection on practice occurring at the juncture of critical approaches in leisure studies and event studies within diverse explorations of deviance. It includes chapters on games and gaming; performing queerness; events around being kinkster; drugs and sex, LGBTQ+ events and activism, and goth subculture. These are combined with poetry, personal reflection and artwork, much of which has been created by contributors. The compendium draws on inquiry undertaken by contributors from a wide spectrum of academic disciplines, as well as deviant leisure practitioners/event organisers. It seeks to expand the cultural and academic articulation of deviance into other disciplines and to develop new perspectives on deviant leisure and deviant leisure practice. It speaks to students, researchers, and practitioners working or interested in critical leisure and event studies, queer theory, cultural theory, burlesque/circus studies, media studies, and discourse studies. Ian R Lamond is a critical scholar within the field of event, leisure, and tourism studies at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Their work ranges from inquiries into protest as event within a critical leisure and tourism framework, the mediated representation of political events, and the philosophical foundations of event and leisure studies. Rosie Garland is a writer and singer with post-punk band The March Violets and she has published three novels, The Palace of Curiosities, Vixen, & The Night Brother, and numerous collections of poetry. She has received writing commissions from Bronte Parsonage Museum and Tate Modern, as well as nominations for the 2018 Pushcart and Forward Prizes.

Sociology. --- Leisure. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Queer theory. --- Sex. --- Mass media. --- Culture. --- Leisure Studies. --- Cultural Theory. --- Queer Studies. --- Gender Studies. --- Media Sociology. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Communication --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Gender identity --- Free time (Leisure) --- Leisure time --- Recreation --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Social aspects --- Study and teaching. --- Cultural studies

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This book explores and challenges the concept and experience of liminality as applied to critical perspectives in the study of events. It will be of interest to researchers in event studies, social and discursive psychology, cultural and political sociology, and social movement studies. In addition, it will provide interested general readers with new ways of thinking and reflecting on events. Contributing authors undertake a discussion of the borders, boundaries, and areas of contestation between the established social anthropological concept of liminality and the emerging field of critical event studies. By drawing these two perspectives closer together, the collection considers tensions and resonances between them, and uses those connections to enhance our understanding of both cultural and sporting events and offer fresh insight into events of activism, protest, and dissent. Dr. Ian R. Lamond is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University (UK). His work focuses on critical approaches to understanding events. His interests include events of protest and dissent, the eventalisation of the political, the commodification of death, cult fiction fandom, and graphic storytelling. His other works include two edited collections and two co-authored monographs. Dr. Jonathan Moss is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University (UK). His PhD dissertation used phenomenological psychology to situate music festival experiences in the ideographic Lifeworld of the attendees. He is currently writing two papers: one regarding the use of descriptive experience sampling methods in event studies, and the other considering how neurophenomenology contributes to our understanding of collective and shared emotions.

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Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Sociology of cultural policy --- Sociology --- Tourism --- Business management --- Recreation. Games. Sports. Corp. expression --- Social geography --- sociologie --- sport --- cultuur --- cultuurbeleid --- management --- geografie --- toerisme