Festival Activism Mary L. Scheer Lesser creates a dialogue between

Lesser creates a dialogue between the past and the present

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Festival Activism Mary L. Scheer Lesser creates a dialogue betweenFor decades, festivals have been important sites of inquiry for folklorists and ethnomusicologists alike as celebrations of culture. Moving beyond traditional discussions of staged culture and multiculturalism, however, this edited volume explores how festivals may be mobilized as strategic forms of direct action. Festival Activism is a diverse collection of case studies from scholars, performers, and arts administrators, all of whom deftly argue that