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    Gendered Violence at International Festivals: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
    (Routledge, 2020-04-28) Platt, Louise; Finkel, Rebecca; Platt, Louise; Finkel, Rebecca
    Gendered Violence at International Festivals is a ground-breaking collection that focuses on this highly important social issue for the first time. Including a diverse range of interdisciplinary studies on the issue, the book contests the widely-held notion that festivals are temporal spaces free from structural sexism, inequalities, or gender power dynamics. Rather, they are spaces where these concerns are enhanced and enacted more freely, and where the experiential environment is used as an excuse or as an opportunity to victim-blame and shame. As an emerging and under-researched area, the chapters not only present original work in terms of topics, but also in theoretical and methodological approaches. All of the chapters are cross- or interdisciplinary, drawing on gender, sexualities, cultural and ethnicity studies. Studies from a range of highly regarded academics based around the world examine the subject by looking at examples from a wide range of destinations including; Spain, Argentina, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Australia, Canada and the UK. This significant book progresses understanding and debates about gendered festival experiences and emphasises the symbolic and physical violence often associated with them. This will be of great interest to, undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics in the field of Events Studies. It will also be of use to practitioners or non-for-profit workers in the festival industries, including festival management organisations and planning committees.
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    Olympic Panic or Prevention?: Human Trafficking and Global Events
    (2010-11) Matheson, Catherine M.; Finkel, Rebecca
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    Form follows funding: How the creative content and audiences of UK combined arts festivals are shaped by funding sources
    (2005-11) Finkel, Rebecca
    The last 10-15 years has seen the rapid growth of festivals in the UK, and overseas as well. One of the reasons for this proliferation is both the UK government and arts organisations increased spending on cultural events at the end of the twentieth century. With the assistance of Millennium grants and Lottery funding, many new festivals were created and many established festivals were able to expand. Since Millennium grant giving ended in 2002, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and regional arts councils are focusing more on financially supporting sustainable arts festivals; i.e., festivals they believe will continue seamlessly from year to year. This shift in arts funding policy has led many festivals who previously relied on government grants to seek alternative modes of support, such as business sponsorship, ticket sales and private donations, in order to survive in an increasingly competitive environment. This paper relates to the Creativity and Spectacle theme of the conference. It discusses the impacts different funding sources have had on the flow of creativity and development of 'combined arts festivals', or festivals that feature more than one genre of artistic performance. It is argued that the predominant way in which a combined arts festival is funded shapes the programming content of its final product, and thus has an influence on attendance and cultural tourism. Funding sources can be seen to have demonstrable effects on the form a festival takes, including who performs, who attends, the size of the festival, marketing outlets, tourism strategies, employment organisation and especially creative output. Four case studies are used to illustrate this point. They are the Henley-upon-Thames Festival, Cardiff Festival, Lichfield Festival and Lafrowda Festival of St Just. These festivals are primarily funded by business sponsorship, by city council, by box office sales and by personal donations, respectively. These examples show that the differing financial situations and resources of these festivals can have direct and indirect effects on affiliations and partnerships, audience development and priorities - such as attracting tourists, engaging young people, regenerating areas, fostering a sense of community or trying to be socially inclusive. Methodology includes a survey sent to 117 UK combined arts festivals in 2003 to discern audience demographics, programming history, funding and future plans. The empirical data analysed in this paper is based on a 56% response rate. In-depth interviews were conducted with Arts Councils, city officials, tourist office managers, festival sponsors, attendees and organisers. Participant and direct observation was undertaken at the 2004 case study festivals and focused on attendance at scores of events and activities to better appreciate a sense of the atmosphere and the audiences of these festivals.
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    Human Rights and Global Events
    (Routledge, 2016) Finkel, Rebecca
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    Broadcasting from a neutral corner?: An analysis of the mainstream media's representation of women's boxing at the London 2012 Olympic Games
    (Routledge, 2014-07-11) Finkel, Rebecca; Dashper, Katherine; Fletcher, Thomas; McCullough, Nicola
    Women's boxing was included in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the London 2012 Olympics. This chapter critically analyses mainstream media representations of women's boxing at the London 2012 Olympics in newspapers and TV broadcasts, and seeks to examine how women competitors were represented in terms of the linkages between gender and athleticism in the traditionally masculine space of the boxing ring (Mennessen 2000). It also explores to what extent representation reinforces or challenges male-dominated narratives in sport participation and discourses (Theberge 1997). Indeed, many female boxers maintain that the sport can promote self-esteem through physical strength and positive expressions of power. Part of the legacy agendas for the London 2012 Olympics has been to provide an international platform to encourage more women to become involved in sport. This can be achieved not only through medal success, but also positive media representations of female athlete's abilities to act as positive role models. Utilising documentary research, methods include content analysis of both mainstream newspaper and televised broadcast coverage of women boxers and women's boxing matches at the London 2012 Olympics. It is argued that the London Games have been successful in improving the collectively recognised legitimacy of women's boxing and providing an arena for the global consumption of women's sport, where issues of power and representation are tested and contested through the gendered mediated lens.