Fairground attractions a genealogy of the pleasure ground
The study investigates the cultural production of the visual iconography of popular pleasure grounds from the eighteenth century pleasure garden to the contemporary theme park. Deborah Philips identifies the literary genres, including fairy tale, gothic horror, Egyptiana and the Western which are co...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub
2012.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009684834006719 |
| Sumario: | The study investigates the cultural production of the visual iconography of popular pleasure grounds from the eighteenth century pleasure garden to the contemporary theme park. Deborah Philips identifies the literary genres, including fairy tale, gothic horror, Egyptiana and the Western which are common to carnival sites, tracing their historical transition across a range of media to become familiar icons of popular culture.Though the bricolage of narratives and imagery found in the contemporary leisure zone has been read by many as emblematic of postmodern culture, the author argues that the |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849666664 9781283479172 9786613479174 9781849666671 |
