Terror, Leisure and Consumption

Leanne McRae is a Research Officer at Curtin University,Australia. She has over thirtypublications reflecting her inter-disciplinary origins within cultural studies,covering such diverse topics as popular culture, education, popular memory,men's studies, postcolonial studies, physical culture, the internet of things,fashion, city imaging, digitisation, and disability studies. She is currentlyco-authoring a book on physical cultural studies.

• Introduction: Terror in our Times Chapter 1. Exchanges of Violence: The Sensational Pleasures of Consumption  Chapter 2. Mobility, Movement and Meaning Chapter 3. Zizek, Zombies and The Apocalypse Chapter 4. Security and The Civic: Entertaining Terrorism at The Eagles of Death Metal Concert and Stade de France Chapter 5. Christmas in Berlin Chapter 6. Rave and Reina: Terror in Turkey Chapter 7. Shopping in Stockholm: The Terror of the Flaneur Chapter 8. Manchester Music: Dangerous Women and The Terror In-Between Chapter 9. Night-Terror: London Bridge is Falling Down Conclusion

Drawing on the work of criminologists Steve Hall and Simon Winlow, this work analyzes case studies from recent European terrorist incidents, specifically those targeting leisure spaces, to reveal how they have impacted perceptions of leisure space in Europe. Incidents examined include the attacks at the Bataclan Theatre, the Stade de France, and the German Christmas Market, as well as the Reina Nightclub shooting, the Stockholm bus attack, the bombing of the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, and knife attacks on London Bridge. The study considers how attacks on European leisure spaces reveal the fracturing of capitalism and argues that leisure has become the new terrain for terrorism.