The Themed Space Locating Culture, Nation,

The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation and Self is the first edited collection focused on the subject of the themed space. Twelve authors address a range of themed spaces, including restaurants, casinos, theme parks and other spaces like airports and virtual reality ones. The text is organized into four sections-theming as authenticity, theming as nation, theming as person and theming as mind.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self	p. 1
Theming as Authenticity
Torque: Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, and Authentic Feeling in the Smoky Mountains	p. 23
Luna Park's Fantasy World and Dreamland's White City: Fire Spectacles al Coney Island as Elemental Performativity	p. 39
From Downtown to Theme Town: Reinventing America's Smaller Historic Retail Districts	p. 57
Theming as a Sensory Phenomenon: Discovering the Senses on the Las Vegas Strip	p. 75
Theming as Nation
The Landscape of Power: Imagineering Consumer Behavior at China's Theme Parks	p. 97
Theming Mythical Africa at the Lost City	p. 113
Leisure Space: Thematic Style and Cultural Exclusion in Casablanca	p. 137
Theming as Person
"Above Us Only Sky": Themes, Simulations, and Liveipool John Lennon Airport	p. 153
Love Hotels: Sex and the Rhetoric of Themed Spaces	p. 167
How the Theme Park Gets Its Power: Lived Theming, Social Control, and the Themed Worker Self	p. 183
Theming as Mind
Behind-the-Scenes Spaces: Promoting Production in a Landscape of Consumption Ann Brigham	p. 207
The Experience of a Lifestyle	p. 225
Themed Environments and Virtual Spaces: Video Games, Violent Play, and Digital Enemies	p. 247
A Politics of Reverence and Irreverence: Social Discourse on Theming Controversies	p. 271
Key Terms	p. 295
Bibliography	p. 297
Index	p. 311
Contributors	p. 333
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