This book explores the nature of social change since the 1960s as reflected in the “theming” of America—from Graceland to Dollywood, from Las Vegas to Dis

This book, an analysis of American society, explores the nature of social change since the 1960s as reflected in the theming of America from Graceland to Dollyw

Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the

In this book, Chloë Rae Edmonson analyzes performance sites from throughout U.S. history to reveal the material ways that drinking culture is performative, imm

The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation and Self is the first edited collection focused on the subject of the themed space. Twelve authors address a range of