'Fornicating on floats'? The cultural politics of the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade beyond the metropolis

Leisure Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-216

  Waitt, Gordon ^a   Stapel, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Events; Gender; Geography; Politics; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; FESTIVAL; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLITICS; SENSE OF PLACE; SEXUALITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TOWNSVILLE;

EID: 79952949636     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2010.509445     Document Type: Article

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