Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis
Author:   John Hannigan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415150972


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 October 1998
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   John Hannigan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415150972


ISBN 10:   0415150973
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 October 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1 Going out and Staying in; Chapter 1 “At Prices all can Afford”; Chapter 2 Don't Go Out Tonight; Chapter 3 “Cities are Fun”; Part 2 Landscapes of Pleasure; Chapter 4 “Sanitized Razzmatazz”; Chapter 5 Shopertainment, Eatertainment, Edutainment; Part 3 Entertaining Developments; Chapter 6 The “Weenie” and the “Genie”; Chapter 7 Calling the Shots; Chapter 8 Gambling on Fantasy; Chapter 9 Land of the Rising Fun; Chapter 10 Saved by a Mouse?;

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Fantasy City is a fascinating study of what the author calls urban entertainment destinations... .This is a well-researched, interesting book that is another important step in correcting the productivist bias in sociology and other social sciences. <br>- The Annals of the American Academy <br>... collegiate instructors will find Fantasy City useful classroom fodder for its accessibility to undergraduate students. <br>- American Journal of Sociology <br> Well documented and well writeen, this timely book covers a controversial subject. Recommended for academic libraries and an interested general public SUNY Coll. of Technology. <br>... Hannigan brings a fresh...approach to the issues with his interesting mixture of sociologically-oriented analysis and...righteous indignation.... Fantasy City is a valuable addition to the growing bibliography of studies on the role of entertainment in the modern (and postmodern) city. <br>-Demetri Detsaridis, American Studies International <br> Hannigan has written a clear and thoughtprovoking explanation of the proliferation of giant stadiums, casinos, themed restaurants, megastores, and the like across the urban landscape. <br>- ARTS, 3/99 <br>


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John Hannigan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Environmental Sociology also published by Routledge.

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