Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis Paperback, good cond

Fantasy City analyses the post-industrialist city as a site of entertainment. By discussing examples from a wide variety of venues, including casinos, malls, heritage developments and theme parks, Hannigan questions urban entertainments economic foundations and historical background. He asks whether such areas of fantasy destroy communities or instead create new groupings of shared identities and experiences. The book is written in a student friendly way with boxed case studies for class discussion.

Fantasy City is a fascinating study of what the author calls urban entertainment destinations....This is a well-researched, interesting book that is another important step in correcting the productivist bias in sociology and other social sciences. -The Annals of the American Academy

...collegiate instructors will find Fantasy City useful classroom fodder for its accessibility to undergraduate students. -American Journal of Sociology

Well documented and well writeen, this timely book covers a controversial subject. Recommended for academic libraries and an interested general public SUNY Coll. of Technology. ...Hannigan brings a fresh...approach to the issues with his interesting mixture of sociologically-oriented analysis and...righteous indignation....Fantasy City is a valuable addition to the growing bibliography of studies on the role of entertainment in the modern (and postmodern) city. -Demetri Detsaridis, American Studies International

Hannigan has written a clear and thoughtprovoking explanation of the proliferation of giant stadiums, casinos, themed restaurants, megastores, and the like across the urban landscape. -ARTS, 3/99