The theming of America : dreams, visions, and commercial spaces

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The theming of America : dreams, visions, and commercial spaces

Mark Gottdiener

Westview Press, 1997

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Bibliography: p. 160-163

Includes index

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This book explores the nature of social change since the 1960s as reflected in the theming of Americafrom Graceland to Dollywood, from Las Vegas to Disneyworld, from the Mall of America to your local mall. Nowhere can modern Americans escape the profusion of recognizable symbols and signs attached to virtually all aspects of our culture, tying our media culture and the seductions of consumerism to the production of ingeniously designed spaces. }This book explores the nature of social change since the 1960s as reflected in the theming of Americafrom Graceland to Dollywood, from Las Vegas to Disneyworld, from the Mall of America to your local mall. Nowhere can modern Americans escape the profusion of recognizable symbols and signs attached to virtually all aspects of our culture, constantly reminding us that we are on familiar and comforting ground. Just come in, friend, and buy; make yourself at home, these symbols seem to say, thus tying our media culture and the seductions of consumerism to the production of ingeniously designed symbolic spaces. Mark Gottdieners book is the first to explore the origins, nature, and future of themed environments in our information-overloaded world.Gottdiener begins with a brief historical account of the shifting importance of themes in the construction of built space. He then evaluates the economic basis for the increasing reliance on symbols in the marketing of commercial enterprises and analyzes contemporary trends in themed restaurants, malls, airports, theme parks, museums, and war memorials. Final chapters are devoted to examining such critical issues as the disappearance of public space, the relation between themes and mass media industries, and the future of symbolic spaces. }

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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 Themed Park, and the Further Extension of Themed Environments Experiencing Themed Environments Themes, Societal Fantasies, and Daily Life

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