The Social Construction of a Cultural Spectacle

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By Michael O. Johnston

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Johnston explains how the media constructs the natural and bodily experience canoers and kayakers say they have while attending an annual floating event that occurs on the Mississippi River, contending that social meaning is essential for humans to make sense of their surroundings.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Importance of Community Media in Shaping Festival City

Chapter 2. The Making of an Occasion

Chapter 3. The Road to the Float

Chapter 4. The Arrival, Performance, and Departure

Conclusion

Appendix: Sources and Methods, Cities and Their Festival

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