Themed Space

Locating Culture, Nation, and Self

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self is the first edited collection focused on the significance of the theme space. The first section of the text discusses the ways in which theming acts as a form of authenticity. Included are articles on the theme park Dollywood, the historic Coney Island, the uses of theming in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Las Vegas Strip. Section two considers theming as a reflection of nation, and its authors focus on Chinese theme parks and shopping malls, the Lost City theme park in South Africa, and the Ain Diab resort district in Casablanca. The third section of the book illustrates how theming often targets the person—whether famous or everyday. The authors look at spaces ranging from the Liverpool John Lennon Airport, love hotels in Japan, and the Houston, Texas theme park AstroWorld. The final section emphasizes theming as a projection of the mind and psychology. The authors focus on behind-the-scenes tourism at Universal Studios and the Ford Rouge Factory Tour, the use of theming in unexpected spaces like Florida themed clinics, theming in virtual reality spaces of video games, and the social controversies related to theming in various parts of the world. The book includes a comprehensive bibliography on theming and a list of key terms. The Themed Space is of great interest to students of all levels and scholars of anthropology, urban studies and sociology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-10-04
Mått159 x 230 x 26 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor346
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739121429

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

Georges Bataille once wrote that people need the strange, and now you too can get your fix of it at Dollywood or Dracula World, a Star Trek dentist office or toilet-themed restaurant, the Hawg Heaven Biker Bar or any number of Japanese love hotels. Here are fifteen anthropological studies of the theming, scheming, stimulating simulation of today's Vegasified consumerism. The subject matter of this audacious collection will be appalling to some and enthralling to others; but the book is riveting reading, for it is, after all, all about all of us.