Fantasy City
Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis
By John Hannigan
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-15098-9
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st October 1998
- Pages: 256
- Illustrations: 10 Half-tones
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About the Book
Fantasy City analyses the post-industrialist city as a site of entertainment. By discussing examples from a wide variety of venues, including casinos, malls, heritage developments and theme parks, Hannigan questions urban entertainments economic foundations and historical background. He asks whether such areas of fantasy destroy communities or instead create new groupings of shared identities and experiences. The book is written in a student friendly way with boxed case studies for class discussion.
