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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
Scott A. Lukas is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Lake Tahoe College.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Architektur
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780739121429
ISBN-10: 0739121421
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Lukas, Scott A.
Hersteller: Lexington Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Scott A. Lukas
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.10.2007
Gewicht: 0,565 kg
Artikel-ID: 102031339