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The themed space : locating culture, nation, and self / edited by Scott A. Lukas.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2007.Description: ix, 336 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780739121412 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0739121413 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780739121429
  • 0739121421
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT321 .T54 2007
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 FantasyWorld 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 themedworker 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 -- Contents -- 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 FantasyWorld 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 themedworker 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 -- Contents -- 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.