The Themed Space

Locating Culture, Nation, and Self
Herausgeber: Lukas, Scott A.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation and Self is the first edited collection focused on the subject of the themed space. Twelve authors address a range of themed spaces, including restaurants, casinos, theme parks and other spaces like airports and virtual reality ones. The text is organized into four sections-theming as authenticity, theming as nation, theming as person and theming as mind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9780739121412
• ISBN-10: 0739121413
• Artikelnr.: 22897527

Autorenporträt

Scott A. Lukas is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Lake Tahoe College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self Chapter 2
Torque: Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, and Authentic Feelings in the Smoky
Mountains Chapter 3 Luna Park's Fantasy World and Deamland's White City:
Fire Spectacles at Coney Island as Elemental Performativity Chapter 4 From
Downtown to Theme Town: Reinventing America's Smaller Historic Retail
Districts Chapter 5 Theming as a Sensory Phenomenon: Discovering the Senses
on the Las Vegas Strip Chapter 6 The Landscape of Power: Imagineering
Consumer Behavior at China's Theme Parks Chapter 7 Theming Mythical Africa
at The Lost City Chapter 8 Leisure Space: Thematic Style and Cultural
Exclusion in Casablanca Chapter 9 "Above Us Only Sky": Themes, Simulations,
and Liverpool John Lennon Airport Chapter 10 Love Hotels: Sex and the
Rhetoric of Themed Spaces Chapter 11 How the Theme Park Gets Its Power:
Lived Theming, Social Control, and the Themed Worker Self Chapter 12
Behind-the-Scenes Space: Promoting Production in a Landscape of Consumption
Chapter 13 The Experience of a Lifestyle Chapter 14 Themed Environments and
Virtual Spaces: Video Games, Violent Play, and Digital Enemies Chapter 15 A
Politics of Reverence and Irreverence: Social Discourse on Theming
Controversies