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World Heritage Designation – New Lanark (2011)
Book Chapter
Leask, A. (2011). World Heritage Designation – New Lanark. In B. Garrod, & A. Fyall (Eds.), Contemporary Cases in Tourism

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A futurist’s view on the future of events (2011)
Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., & Smith, K. (2011). A futurist’s view on the future of events. In J. Connell, & S. J. Page (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Events (507-525). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203803936.ch32

Events are significant in today’s society. They have links to religion, to culture, to sport, to community, to commerce, and to political, policy and microeconomic and macroeconomic influence or objectives. Events are becoming ever more important as... Read More about A futurist’s view on the future of events.

Superheroes in Shanghai: constructing transnational Western men's identities (2011)
Journal Article
Stanley, P. (2012). Superheroes in Shanghai: constructing transnational Western men's identities. Gender, Place and Culture, 19(2), 213-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2011.573141

This article examines the ‘superhero’ phenomenon, in which Western masculinity is constructed differently in East Asia than in Western countries. This produces an imagined, Occidentalist ‘authenticity’ that frames expectations about the performances... Read More about Superheroes in Shanghai: constructing transnational Western men's identities.