The strange and spooky battle over bats and black dresses: The commodification of Whitby Goth Weekend and the loss of a subculture

Tourist Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-102

  Lashua, Brett ^a   Spracklen, Karl ^a   Long, Phil ^a   Spracklen, Beverley ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Goths; Habermas; music festivals; performance; Whitby

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898920486     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: 17413206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797613511688     Document Type: Article

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