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  • A Reader In Themed and Immersive Spaces

    by Scott A. Lukas ...
    Since the late 2000s, the themed space has been the subject of widespread analysis and criticism in academic communities as well as a popular source of entertainment for people around the world. Themed spaces have, at their foundation, an overarching narrative, symbolic complex, or story that drives the overall context of their spaces. Theming, in some very unique ways, has expanded beyond ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Key Concepts in Theme Park Studies

    Understanding Tourism and Leisure Spaces

    by Florian Freitag, Filippo Carlà-Uhink, Salvador Anton Clavé, Sabrina Mittermeier, Crispin Paine, Ariane Schwarz, Astrid Böger, Jean-François Staszak, Scott A. Lukas, Céline Molter, Thibaut Clément, Jan-Erik Steinkrüger, Torsten Widmann ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to theme parks and the field of theme park studies. It identifies and discusses relevant economic, social, and cultural as well as medial, historical, and geographical aspects of theme parks worldwide, from the big international theme park chains to smaller, regional, family-operated parks. The book also describes the theories and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Environmental Philosophy, Politics, and Policy

    by John A. Duerk, Emilia Barreto Carvalho, Alan C. Clune, Jennifer Epley Sanders, Shelby Hockaday, Elizabeth Koebele, Scott A. Lukas, Markie McBrayer, Joe McBride, Kerri Jean Ormerod0, Camila Pombo1, Suzanne Roberts2, Juneko J. Robinson3, Loretta Singletary4, Mark Thorsby5 ...
    As an issue, the environment is complicated. First, it is layered. Secondly, it is multifaceted. As a result, political scientist John A. Duerk has assembled an interdisciplinary anthology composed of accessible studies to generate conversations that will yield greater understanding of the many environmental challenges that we face. The layers explored herein are philosophy, politics, and policy. ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Themed Space

    Locating Culture, Nation, and Self

    Edited by Scott A. Lukas ...
    The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self is the first edited collection focused on the significance of the theme space. The first section of the text discusses the ways in which theming acts as a form of authenticity. Included are articles on the theme park Dollywood, the historic Coney Island, the uses of theming in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Las Vegas Strip. Section two considers ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Theme Park

    by Scott A. Lukas ...
    Series series Objekt
    Theme parks are a uniquely interactive and enduring form of entertainment that have influenced architecture, technology and culture in surprising ways for more than a century, as Scott Lukas now reveals in his compelling book.Theme Park takes the primitive amusements of pleasure gardens as its starting point and launches from there into a rich, in-depth investigation of the evolution of the theme ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Fear, Cultural Anxiety, and Transformation

    Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films Remade

    by Shane Borrowman, Costas Constandinides, Daryl G. Frazetti, Daniel Herbert, Ils Huygens, Stan Jones, Zilia Papp, Myoungsook Park, Constantine Verevis, Juneko J. Robinson ...
    This collection was inspired by the observation that film remakes offer us the opportunity to revisit important issues, stories, themes, and topics in a manner that is especially relevant and meaningful to contemporary audiences. Like mythic stories that are told again and again in differing ways, film remakes present us with updated perspectives on timeless ideas. While some remakes succeed and ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

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  • Fashion

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Rebecca Arnold ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Fashion is a dynamic global industry that plays an important role in the economic, political, cultural, and social lives of an international audience. It spans high art and popular culture, and plays a significant role in material and visual culture. This book introduces fashion's myriad influences and manifestations. Fashion is explored as a creative force, a business, and a means of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Shivers Down Your Spine

    Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View

    by Alison Griffiths ...
    Series series Film and Culture Series
    From the architectural spectacle of the medieval cathedral and the romantic sublime of the nineteenth-century panorama to the techno-fetishism of today's London Science Museum, humans have gained a deeper understanding of the natural world through highly illusionistic representations that engender new modes of seeing, listening, and thinking. What unites and defines many of these wondrous spaces ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Practice of Public Art

    Edited by Cameron Cartiere, Shelly Willis ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
    This exciting new collection of essays by practicing artists, curators, activists, art writers, administrators, city planners, and educators offers divergent perspectives on the numerous facets of the public art process. The volume also includes a useful graphic timeline of public art history. ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Thinking Contemporary Curating

    by Terry Smith ...
    What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. these include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibitionmaking; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory activism. Less obvious, but increasingly ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Fashion Curating

    Critical Practice in the Museum and Beyond

    Edited by Professor Annamari Vänskä, Dr Hazel Clark ...
    As the practice of fashion curation extends into commercial galleries, public and retail spaces, and even to the individual self, professional concepts of 'curating' are undergoing rapid change. Today, everyone is seemingly able to 'curate', but where does this leave the traditional understanding of curation as clothing collected and displayed in a museum? This thought-provoking volume explores ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Museum Legs

    by Amy Whitaker ...
    If you've ever considered going to an art museum and then thought, errr, I'll do something else ... If you've ever arrived at one and left a little glazed and confused ... If you've ever thought, I might read an eight-page article about art museums but not a whole book ... Then this is your story. Museum Legs -- taken from a term for art fatigue -- starts with a question: Why do people get bored ... Read more

    $8.99 USD