Vintage 1997 The Unreal America Ada Louise Huxtable Architecture Book

by Ada Louise Huxtable

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Title: The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion Author: Ada Louise Huxtable Publisher: The New Press, New York; distributed by W. W. Norton & Company, New York Publication year: 1997 first edition Format: Hardcover architecture and cultural studies book with dust jacket Language: English Narrative type: Nonfiction collection of essays in architecture criticism and cultural analysis. Genre: Art and culture, architectural history, and cultural studies. Content: Examines contemporary American architecture and the built environment as a landscape of illusion, themed settings, and spectacle, analyzing how media, tourism, entertainment, and consumer culture shape so-called unreal places from historic re-creations to shopping malls and urban megaprojects. Chapters: Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Way It Never Was; America the Faux; The Real Fake and the Fake Fake; Marketing Illusion; Illusion and Architecture; The New Architecture; Conclusions; Index. Illustrations: Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and images of buildings, streetscapes, and designed environments that complement the text. Intended audience: Adult readers interested in architecture, urbanism, cultural criticism, media studies, and American studies. Features: First edition 1997 printing; cloth hardcover; printed endpapers; dust jacket; includes bibliographical references and index; printed in the United States of America. Production: Based on the author's Blashfield address deliv

• Publisher: New Press, T.H.E.
• Year: 1997
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781565840553
• Condition: Very Good

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