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Die Anthologie zum Städtebau ist eine thematisch und chronologisch gegliederte Textsammlung zur Theorie des Städtebaus, in der die Geschichte der Städtebautheorie als zusammenhängender Diskurs nachvollziehbar wird. Die Texte des vorliegenden dritten Bandes der Anthologie zum Städtebau umfassen den Zeitraum von den Nachkriegsdebatten der CIAM bis zu den aktuellen Positionen des Städtebaus. Dokumentiert sind Fragestellungen von den Problemen des Wiederaufbaus über regionalistische Ansätze des italienischen Neorealismo bis hin zu solchen der Situationistischen Internationale. Die Schriften aus den 1960er und 70er Jahren, aber auch die technologischen Stadtutopien der Metabolisten, kritisieren die modernistische Funktionstrennung. Gleichzeitig bezeugt der typologische Ansatz das Interesse an der historischen Dimension der Stadt. Mit dem Ende des Glaubens an ein unbegrenztes Wachstum werden seit den 1980er Jahren neue Perspektiven formuliert. Die Anthologie zum Städtebau ist eine thematisch und chronologisch gegliederte Textsammlung zur Theorie des Städtebaus, in der die Geschichte der Städtebautheorie als zusammenhängender Diskurs nachvollziehbar wird. Die philologisch sorgfältige Präsentation der Texte, die in der Originalsprache als Erstausgabe vorliegen und mit ergänzenden Kommentaren zur Editionsgeschichte versehen sind, macht die Anthologie zu einem präzisen und zuverlässigen Kompendium zur Städtebautheorie vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart.
Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life. New forms of consumption such as those facilitated by cyberspace, themed environments, the commodification of sex, and the increasing role of leisure in society all play new and interesting roles in daily life that combine consumerism with the most contemporary social forms. This collection of essays examines the recent ways in which consumerism has been approached by cultural studies with special emphasis given to these and other newly emerging topics. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides a theoretical overview of consumption studies dealing with classical and more contemporary approaches in light of the debate between advocates and critics of postmodernism. In this section there are papers on McDonaldization, tourism and cultural studies, and the Theory of Shopping. The second part emphasizes empirical studies of the commodification process. Papers address the transformation of women s bodies and the mass commodification of milk, the creation of the toddler as a subject and the commodification of childhood, the commodification of sports, and the commodification of rock music. The third section of the book explores new forms of consumption on a more detailed and concentrated level. Papers in this section include the rise of sex tourism as a global industry, the commodification of the sacred, and the emergence of new consumer spaces in the city. An introduction by the editor delineates the advantages of his approach to new forms of consumption based squarely in the emerging issues of cultural studies, debates transcending postmodernism, and the society of the spectacle.
This article considers a specific corporate history, land use practices, and the role of professional designers. It argues that large-scale corporate development of space for public use employs tactics that participate fully in the visitors’active process of lifestyle creation, and that this entangles to the same degree commerce, desire, and professional designers. By investigating Circus Circus Enterprises and its Monte Carlo Casino Resort in Las Vegas, this article analyzes the ways in which professional designers are embedded in a dominant development paradigm that can be seen across building types, in both tourist and cultural developments.
Studies have shown that ambient aromas impact on consumers' behavior. To further investigate such effects, for one weekend, two slot-machine areas in a Las Vegas casino were odorized, each with a different aroma. A third slot-machine area served as an unodorized control. The amounts of money gambled in slot machines located in the three areas were measured and compared for the weekend of the odorization and for the weekends before and after as well, to control for extraneous variables. Our data show that the amount of money gambled in the slot machines surrounding Odorant No. 1 during the experimental weekend was greater than the amount gambled in the same area during the weekends before and after the experiment by an average of 45.11% (p = < 0.0001). Further, the amount of the increase appeared greater on Saturday when the concentration of odorant was higher: mean increase on Saturday was 53.42% (p = < 0.0001) versus mean increase on Sunday of 33.66% (p = < 0.003). The amounts of money gambled in the slot machines surrounding Odorant No. 2 and in the control area did not change significantly compared to the previous weekend and the weekend following the experiment. The likely mechanism of action of the effective odorant and the implications of these results are discussed. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
This trend particularly favored white Americans into the
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favored white Americans into the 1980s.