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Representations of Classical Greece in Theme Parks
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Representing History in the Theme Park: The Case of Ancient Greece -- 'It's a Small World' after all - and it includes Greece -- Historical theme parks and their...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
, 2020
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| Series: | IMAGINES - Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts Ser
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6034304 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Representing History in the Theme Park: The Case of Ancient Greece -- 'It's a Small World' after all - and it includes Greece -- Historical theme parks and their uses of the past -- Theme parks, representations of the past and historical culture -- Postmodern aesthetics and the (ancient) past: Affective turn and pastness -- Ancient Greece in reception -- Ancient Greece in the theme park -- 2 German Philhellenism in the Theme Park -- The position of ancient Greece in German culture -- 'Griechenland', Europa-Park, Rust -- 'Strand der Götter', Belantis, Leipzig -- 3 Spain, Ancient Greece and the Land of Myths -- Ancient Greece in Spanish popular culture -- Terra Mítica, Benidorm -- 4 Ancient Greece, the United States of America and the Theme Park -- The presence of ancient Greece in US American (popular) culture -- Glimpses of ancient Greece in US parks -- Mt. Olympus, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin -- 5 The Far East, Ancient Greece and the Theme Park -- Ancient Greece in Eastern Asia -- Happy Valley Beijing, People's Republic of China -- E-Da, Kaohsiung, Republic of China -- 6 Ancient Greece in France: The World of a Gallic Warrior -- Re-mediatization and the theme park -- Ancient Greece in France -- Ancient Greece in the Astérix world -- Parc Astérix -- 7 Greece - In the Form of a Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. "Theme park studies is a growing field in social and cultural studies. Nonetheless, until now little attention has been dedicated to the choice of the themes represented in the parks and the strategies of their representation. This is particularly interesting when the theme is a historical one, for example ancient Greece. Which elements of classical Greece find their way into a theme park and how are they chosen and represented? What is the "entertainment" element in ancient Greek history, culture and myth, which allows its presence in commercial structures aiming to people's fun? How does the representation of Greece change against different cultural backgrounds, e.g. in different European countries, in the USA, in China? This book frames a discussion of these representations within the current debates about immersive spaces, uses of history and postmodern aesthetics, and analyses how ancient Greece has been represented and made "enjoyable" in seven different theme parks across the world, providing an original and ground-breaking contribution to theme park studies and classical reception"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (281 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781474297868 |
