Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: This paper aims at renewing studies on festive and leisure practices in the contemporary Western societies. In order to overcome the classical opposition marking a break between ordinary time and festive time, we first question the notions of event and leisure. The analysis of festive periods as an expression of specific conceptions of time and space has allowed us to link several characteristics and functions of contemporary festivals: closer to leisure, standardized and merchandised, it has remained a source of beliefs and empowerment. Fairs and festivals contribute to the construction of personal identity, in offering the body a way of expression, while providing a territorial ideology, as well as trivialization and negation of places.
Source: Annales de Géographie
DOI: 10.3917/ag.644.0339
Author: Jean-François Troin
Institution: Université de Tours
Language: French
Topic: Spatial and Cultural Studies
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4249134124