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Title:
Total landscape, theme parks, public space
Publication Information:
Aldershot, Hampshire : Ashgate, 2006
ISBN:
9780754643333

978075464333 (hbk.)

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Summary

Placing theme parks from the United States, Europe and Asia in a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, this fascinating book argues that these fantasy environments are an extreme example of the totalization of public space. By illuminating the relationship between theme parks and public space, this book offers critical insights into the ethos of total landscape. Illuminating the relationship between theme parks and public space, the book offers an insight into the ethos, design and expectations of public space in the twenty-first century.


Author Notes

Miodrag Mitrasinovic, PhD, is an architect, author and educator. He teaches at the University of Texas at Austin and at Parsons School of Design in New York City. He is also the co-editor of Travel, Space, Architecture (with J. Traganou and S. Akkach) forthcoming from Ashgate in 2007.


Table of Contents

Foreword
Guide to Total Landscape, Theme Parks and Public Space
Themeparking
Themeing
Fragments
Departures
Becoming
Bibliography
Index
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