John Hannigan

Fantasy City

Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis

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Produktbeschreibung

Fantasy City analyses the post-industrialist city as a site of entertainment. By discussing examples from a wide variety of venues, including casinos, malls, heritage developments and theme parks, Hannigan questions urban entertainments economic foundations and historical background. He asks whether such areas of fantasy destroy communities or instead create new groupings of shared identities and experiences. The book is written in a student friendly way with boxed case studies for class discussion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780415150989
• ISBN-10: 0415150981
• Artikelnr.: 21336477

Autorenporträt

John Hannigan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Environmental Sociology also published by Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 Going out and Staying in
Chapter 1 "At Prices all can Afford"
Chapter 2 Don't Go Out Tonight
Chapter 3 "Cities are Fun"
Part 2 Landscapes of Pleasure
Chapter 4 "Sanitized Razzmatazz"
Chapter 5 Shopertainment, Eatertainment, Edutainment
Part 3 Entertaining Developments
Chapter 6 The "Weenie" and the "Genie"
Chapter 7 Calling the Shots
Chapter 8 Gambling on Fantasy
Chapter 9 Land of the Rising Fun
Chapter 10 Saved by a Mouse?