The Themed Space
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The Themed Space

Locating Culture, Nation, and Self

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eBook - ePub

The Themed Space

Locating Culture, Nation, and Self

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2007
eBook ISBN
9780739161661
Edition
1
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture General

Table of contents

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