The Themed Space Locating Culture, Nation, and Self
by Lukas, Scott A.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-10-04
Publisher(s): Lexington Books
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self | p. 1 |
| Theming as Authenticity | |
| Torque: Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, and Authentic Feeling in the Smoky Mountains | p. 23 |
| Luna Park's Fantasy World and Dreamland's White City: Fire Spectacles al Coney Island as Elemental Performativity | p. 39 |
| From Downtown to Theme Town: Reinventing America's Smaller Historic Retail Districts | p. 57 |
| Theming as a Sensory Phenomenon: Discovering the Senses on the Las Vegas Strip | p. 75 |
| Theming as Nation | |
| The Landscape of Power: Imagineering Consumer Behavior at China's Theme Parks | p. 97 |
| Theming Mythical Africa at the Lost City | p. 113 |
| Leisure Space: Thematic Style and Cultural Exclusion in Casablanca | p. 137 |
| Theming as Person | |
| "Above Us Only Sky": Themes, Simulations, and Liveipool John Lennon Airport | p. 153 |
| Love Hotels: Sex and the Rhetoric of Themed Spaces | p. 167 |
| How the Theme Park Gets Its Power: Lived Theming, Social Control, and the Themed Worker Self | p. 183 |
| Theming as Mind | |
| Behind-the-Scenes Spaces: Promoting Production in a Landscape of Consumption Ann Brigham | p. 207 |
| The Experience of a Lifestyle | p. 225 |
| Themed Environments and Virtual Spaces: Video Games, Violent Play, and Digital Enemies | p. 247 |
| A Politics of Reverence and Irreverence: Social Discourse on Theming Controversies | p. 271 |
| Key Terms | p. 295 |
| Bibliography | p. 297 |
| Index | p. 311 |
| Contributors | p. 333 |
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