The Theming of America: Dreams, Visions, and Commercial Spaces

ISBN-13: 9780367311971 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 176 str.

Mark Gottdiener

Opis

This book explores the nature of social change as it has developed since the 1960s as reflected in the theming of America. It also explores origins, nature, and future of themed spaces in information-overloaded world and discusses the shifting importance of themes in the construction of built space.

Spis treści

Looking at Themed Environments -- From a Themed to an Anti-Themed Environment: Natural Codes, Ancient Cities, and Modernism -- The Mirror of Production: The Realization Problem of Capital -- The Themed Culture and Themed Environments -- The Las Vegas Casino, the Theme Park, and the Further Extension of Themed Environments -- Experiencing Themed Environments -- Themes, Societal Fantasies, and Daily Life

O autorze

Mark Gottdieneris chair and professor of the department of sociology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He has written numerous books including Postmodern Semiotics: Material Culture and the Forms of Postmodern Life, The New Urban Sociology, and Urban Life in Transition. Gottdiener lives in East Amherst, New York.