{"product_id":"fairground-attractions-deborah-philips-9781849664912","title":"Fairground Attractions","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Philips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849664919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849664912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Deborah Philips","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44790343532799,"sku":"9781849664912","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46eda79e-da82-484c-be1e-663f6fe9ed3b.jpg?v=1707288662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fairground-attractions-deborah-philips-9781849664912","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}