Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City

by Peter Bramham, Stephen Wagg, Brian Graham

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409488354
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/28/2012
Series:	Heritage, Culture and Identity
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Dr Peter Bramham is Reader in Leisure Studies and Professor Stephen Wagg is Reader in Sport and Society at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Peter Bramham, Stephen Wagg, John Spink, Janet Douglas, Jonathan Long, Ian Strange, Ben Carrington, Karl Spracklen, Aarti Ratna.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction, Peter Bramham and Stephen Wagg; Leeds – becoming the postmodern city, Peter Bramham and John Spink; Cranes over the city: the centre of Leeds, 1980–2008, Janet Douglas; Mission or pragmatism? Cultural policy in Leeds since 2000, Jonathan Long and Ian Strange; The history boy: made in Leeds, Peter Bramham; Leeds and the topographies of race: in 6 scenes, Ben Carrington; Nowt for being second: Leeds, Leeds United and the ghost of Don Revie, Stephen Wagg; Dreams of Parkside and Barley Mow, Karl Spracklen; 'Off with their headscarves, on with their football kits'? Unveiling myths and exploring identities of British-Muslim female footballers, Aarti Ratna; Barcelona of the North? Reflections on postmodern Leeds, Stephen Wagg and Peter Bramham; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'A detailed and perceptive dissection of the postmodern transformation of the English city of Leeds, this book offers some fascinating insights into the complex processes of contemporary urban change and how its impacts are experienced by people who live in post-industrial cities. An authoritative, assured and highly readable account.' Stephen Williams, Staffordshire University, UK ’This text would be an interesting read for anyone who has interests in urban development and the cultural changes that may come along with it. Political aspirations and economic imperatives, intertwined with physical space and local/migrant cultures and races, show how Leeds provides a good example of an industrial city reinvented into a postmodern space.’ Annals of Leisure Research 'Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City is an engaging account and affords a detailed analysis of the key historical, sociological and economic drivers that have and look to continue to shape Leeds as a city.' Australian Planner

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