The Journal of Mediterranean Studies (volume 18, number 1: 2008) has just published a special issue, edited by Laurent-Sébastien Fournier of the University of Nantes, on the construction of festivals as cultural heritage. It contains the following articles:
- Festivals, Games, and Ludic Performances as a New Potential Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean World by Laurent-Sébastien Fournier
- Some Notes on Tourism and the Revitalisation of of Calendrical Festivals in Europe by Jeremy Boissevain
- Inventing Local Traditions, Becoming a Local Brand: Creators of Ludic Performances on a Croatian Island by Nevena Skrbic Alempijevic
- Private Space and Public Performance: Questioning the Notions of Sociability and Ownership in a Greek Religious Festival by Katerina Seraidar
- Making Saints and Performing Locality as Heritagization? An Ethnography of Local Holiness and Village Identity in the French and Italian Alps by Cyril Isnart
- Ritual Revitalization and the Construction of Places in Catalonia, Spain by Claire Guiu
- Festivals of Moors and Christians: Performance, Commodity and Identity in Folk Celebrations in Southern Spain by Maria J. C. Krom
For more information on the journal, see http://home.um.edu.mt/medinst/jms/
Submitted by M.D.Muthukumaraswamy
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