Chapter 1 Making Sense of Identity Discourses in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles

Chapter 2 Il Calcio as a Source of Local and Social Identity in Italy

Chapter 3 The Contestation of Identities and Communities in German Football

Chapter 4 Contemporary Images and Identities in the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Chapter 5 London 2012: Urban Imagery and City Branding

Chapter 6 Royal Celebrations in the Twenty-First Century: ‘Cool Britannia’ versus ‘Britannia Ruled the Waves’

Chapter 7 Identity Discourses and Narratives in North Korean Events, Festivals and Celebrations

Chapter 8 China and the World Fairs (1915–2010): Blending Nationalism and Internationalism

Chapter 9 Promoting ‘European’ Identities at and through Pan-European Events

Chapter 10 Celebrating Muhammad’s Birthday in the Middle East: Supporting or Complicating Muslim Identity Projects?

Chapter 11 Pride and Glamour on the Catwalk: Fashion Models as National and Ethnic Icons

Chapter 12 Participating in the World ‘Gymnastics For All’ Festival, the Gymnaestrada: A Celebration of a Dialogical, Episodic-Perpetual Identity

Chapter 13 ‘One But Not the Same’: U2 Concerts, Community and Cultural Identity