TY  - GEN
T1  - Fairground attractions : a genealogy of the pleasure ground
A1  - Philips, Deborah
LA  - English
PP  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub.
YR  - 2012
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn785785180
AB  - "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, tracing 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 conventionalised iconography."--Publisher's description
OP  - 292
CN  - GV1851.A35 P45 2012eb
SN  - 9781849666671
SN  - 1849666679
SN  - 1283479176
SN  - 9781283479172
SN  - 9781849666718
SN  - 1849666717
SN  - 1849664919
SN  - 9781849664912
SN  - 9781849666664
SN  - 1849666660
KW  - Amusement parks : History.
KW  - Leisure : History.
KW  - Loisir : Histoire.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Literary.
KW  - Amusement parks
KW  - Leisure
KW  - History
ER  -