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 / BahÃyyih 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
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The themed space : locating culture, nation, and self. ISBN 9780739121412. Published by Lexington Books in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
