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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Philips is Professor of Literature and Cultural History at the University of Brighton, UK. Her books include Fairground Attractions (2012), The Trojan Horse (2013) with Garry Whannel and Brave New Causes (1999) with Ian Haywood. Klappentext 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 and traces 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 clash of genres and stories is less a consequence of postmodern pastiche than it is the result of a history and popular tradition of conventionalized iconography. Zusammenfassung The study investigates the cultural production of the visual iconography of pleasure grounds from the eighteenth century pleasure garden to the contemporary theme park. The book identifies the literary genres common to carnival sites and traces their historical transition across a range of media to become familiar icons of popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Fairground Attractions: A Genealogy of the Pleasure GardenContents:Pleasure Gardens, Great Exhibitions and Worlds Fairs: A Genealogy of the Theme ParkIllustrations and Innovations - the Metonymic Icons of the Carnival Mickey Mouse Chivalry: Chivalric RomanceFairy Tale RomancesMonsters, Murders and Vampires: the Gothic The Riddles of the Sphinx: EgyptomaniaBoys Own Stories: Explorer Heroes Treasure Islands and Blue LagoonsFuture Imperfect: Science and TechnologyConstructing the West: FrontierlandConsuming the West: Main Street, USAAfterword...
