In this prequel to Fantasy City (1998) sociologist John Hannigan travels back in time to the 1950s. Unfairly stereotyped as ‘the tranquillized decade’, America at mid-century hosted an escalating proliferation and conjunction of ‘spectacular’ events, spaces, and technologies.
In this prequel to Fantasy City (1998) sociologist John Hannigan travels back in time to the 1950s. Unfairly stereotyped as ‘the tranquillized decade’, America at mid-century hosted an escalating proliferation and conjunction of ‘spectacular’ events, spaces, and technologies.
Fantasy City is an anlaysis of the postindustrial city as a site of entertaiment. By discussing examples from a wide variety of venues the author questions urban entertainment's economic foundations and historical background.
Fantasy City is an anlaysis of the postindustrial city as a site of entertaiment. By discussing examples from a wide variety of venues the author questions urban entertainment's economic foundations and historical background.