Format:
xix, 361 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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24 cm
ISBN:
9783031111310
Content:
"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 methods that have been used to study theme parks in various avademic disciplines and reviews the major contexts in which theme parks have been studied. By providing the necessary backgrounds, theories, and methods to analyze and understand theme parks both as a business field and as a socio-cultural phenomenon, this book will be a great resource to students, academics from all disciplines interested in theme parks, and professionals and policy-makers in the leisure and entertainment as well as the urban planning sector"--Page 4 of cover
Note:
Introduction: defining theme parks and assessing theme park studies
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Antecedents, origins, and developments: a history of theme parks from antiquity to the twenty-first century
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Attractions: how rides, retail, dining, and entertainment structure the theme park
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Authenticity: theme parks between museological, performative, and emergent authenticity
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Economic strategy: conceptual, customer-based, and environmental, social, and governance strategies in the theme park economy
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Immersion: immersivity, narrativity, and bodily affect in theme parks
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Inclusion and exclusion: marginalization in theme parks
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Industry: global trends, players, and networks in the theme park industry
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Labor: working conditions, employment trends, and the job market in the theme park industry
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Media and mediality in theme parks
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Methods: facing the challenges of studying theme parks
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Paratexts and reception: images of theme parks in art, popular culture, and discourse
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Space: representing, producing, and experiencing space in theme parks
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Theming: modes of representation in theme parks and themed environments
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Time: represented, experienced, and managed temporalities in theme parks
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Visitors: the roles of guests as customers, pilgrims, fans, performers, and bodies in the theme park
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Worldviews and ideologies: nationalism, regionalism, capitalism, religion, and other Weltanschauungen in theme parks.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783031111327
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-11132-7
Author information:
Steinkrüger, Jan-Erik 1978-
Author information:
Widmann, Torsten
Author information:
Carlà-Uhink, Filippo 1980-
Author information:
Freitag, Florian
Author information:
Böger, Astrid 1967-
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