Total Landscape, Theme Parks, Public Space

Download or read book Total Landscape, Theme Parks, Public Space written by Miodrag Mitrasinovic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.