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The themed space : locating culture, nation, and self
- Title
- The themed space : locating culture, nation, and self / edited by Scott A. Lukas.
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2007.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lukas, Scott A., 1968-
- Description
- ix, 336 p.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and index.
- Contents
- The themed space: locating culture, nation, and self / Scott A. Lukas -- Theming as authenticity -- Torque: Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, and authentic feeling in the Smoky Mountains / Melissa Jane Hardie -- Luna Park's Fantasy World and Dreamland's White City: fire spectacles at Coney Island as elemental performativity / Lynn Sally -- From downtown to theme town: reinventing America's smaller historic retail districts / Thomas W. Paradis -- Theming as a sensory phenomenon: discovering the senses on the Las Vegas Strip / Scott A. Lukas -- Theming as nation -- The landscape of power: imagineering consumer behavior at China's theme parks / Hai Ren -- Theming mythical Africa at the Lost City / Jeanne van Eeden -- Leisure space: thematic style and cultural exclusion in Casablanca / Bahíyyih Maroon -- Theming as person -- "Above us only sky": themes, simulations, and Liverpool John Lennon Airport / Peter Adey -- Love hotels: sex and the rhetoric of themed spaces / Derek Foster -- How the theme park gets its power: lived theming, social control, and the themed worker self / Scott A. Lukas -- Theming as mind -- Behind-the-scenes spaces: promoting production in a landscape of consumption / Ann Brigham -- The experience of a lifestyle / Brian Lonsway -- Themed environments and virtual spaces: video games, violent play, and digital enemies / Talmadge Wright -- A politics of reverence and irreverence: social discourse on theming controversies / Scott A. Lukas.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-8173
- ISBN
- 9780739121412 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0739121413 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780739121429
- 0739121421
- LCCN
- 2007024363
- OCLC
- 148926192
- vendorOCN148926192
- Title
- The themed space : locating culture, nation, and self / edited by Scott A. Lukas.
- Imprint
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and index.
- Added Author
- Lukas, Scott A., 1968-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-8173