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The sociology of music festivals

Do you like mud, music and sleeping out in a field? How can sociologists make sense of music festivals today?

The Glastonbury Festival

This article provides yet another illustration of how sociologists can look at almost anything in a sociologically informed manner. Here, Ian Luckhurst turns a sociological gaze on the music festival, and provides a variety of sociological interpretations of the festival and those who attend it.

The article is useful for those taking the ‘Culture and identity’ topic, but with its reference to civil religion also provides material for those taking the ‘Beliefs in society’ topic.

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