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Strange Spaces: Explorations into Mediated Obscurity [Hardback]

Edited by (University of Stockholm, Sweden), (Karlstad University, Sweden)
  • Format: Hardback, 356 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 453 g
  • Pub. Date: 17-Jul-2009
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0754674614
  • ISBN-13: 9780754674610
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  • Format: Hardback, 356 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 453 g
  • Pub. Date: 17-Jul-2009
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0754674614
  • ISBN-13: 9780754674610
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Certain bizarre spaces, where disruption or disarray rule, leave us estranged and 'out of place'. This book examines such spaces, highlighting the emotional and mediated geographies of uncertainty and the state of being 'in-between'; of cognitive displacement, loss, fear, or exhilaration. It expands on why space is sometimes estranging and for whom it is strange. It is the first book to link strangeness and spatial production, as well as empirical explorations of strange spaces within a profound theoretical discussion of 'what is strange about strange spaces' and how they evolve in a modern media age.

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'The order of space is always at odds with myths of social order. In this courageous book, an interdisciplinary range of authors formulate a richer language for understanding the culture of space and the space of culture. This important contribution to communication studies and cultural geography should be widely read.' Nick Couldry, University of London, UK 'Strange Spaces splendidly shows why and for whom specfic places and situations can be alienating. It is essential reading for those concerned with making and understanding inclusive public places and urban developments.' Rob Shields, University of Alberta, Canada

List of Figures
vii
Notes on Contributors ix
What is Strange about Strange Spaces?
1(32)
Andre Jansson
Amanda Lagerkvist
PART 1: SCALES OF OPACITY
Introduction to Part 1
29(4)
Andre Jansson
Amanda Lagerkvist
Vague Spaces
33(24)
Phil Carney
Vincent Miller
Domesticated Media: Hiding, Dying or Haunting
57(16)
Orvar Lofgren
The Strange Space of the Body: Two Dialogues
73(28)
Eva Ahren
Michael Sappol
Obscure Objects of Media Studies: Echo, Hotbird and Ikonos
101(22)
Lisa Parks
PART 2: DISLOCATION, DISRUPTION, DISOBEDIENCE
Introduction to Part 2
119(4)
Andre Jansson
Amanda Lagerkvist
Beside Myself with Looking: The Provincial, Female Spectator as Out of Place at the Stockholm Exhibition 1897
123(26)
Ylva Habel
La Villa Rouge: Replaying Decadence in Shanghai
149(20)
Amanda Lagerkvist
Cities of Sin, Backroads of Crime
169(18)
Will Straw
Walks in Spectral Space: East London Crime Scene Tourism
187(18)
Chris Wilbert
Rikke Hansen
The Soul of the City: Heritage Architecture, Vandalism and the New Bath Spa
205(28)
Cynthia Imogen Hammond
PART 3: SECRETS AND WONDERS OF MEDIA SPACES
Introduction to Part 3
229(4)
Andre Jansson
Amanda Lagerkvist
Death at Broadcasting House
233(24)
Staffan Ericson
Communication Clinics: Expo 67 and the Symbolic Power of Fixing Flows
257(22)
Andre Jansson
Modern Moon Rising: Imagining Aerospace in Early Picture Postcards
279(18)
Johanne Sloan
Strange Exhibitions: Museums and Art Galleries in Film
297(20)
Steven Jacobs
Hiding in Plain Sight: Cinematic Undergrounds
317(20)
David L. Pike
Name Index 337(4)
Subject Index 341
André Jansson is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. Amanda Lagerkvist is a Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute for North American Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden.