The end of airports [electronic resource]

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자료유형	단행본
서명/저자사항	The end of airports [electronic resource] / Christopher Schaberg.
개인저자	Schaberg, Christopher.
발행사항	New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
형태사항	1 online resource.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Schaberg, Christopher. End of airports 9781501305504
ISBN	9781501305528 1501305522
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Machine generated contents note: -- Prefaceaphorisms for airports1. Cross-Utilized Agent -- 2. Cog in the Machine -- 3. Checking In -- 4. Seatback Pockets -- 5. The Tug -- 6. Meal Kits -- 7. Tetrisaphorisms for airport work8. No Longer New -- 9. Tom -- 10. FOD -- 11. Creatures -- 12. Burnout -- 13. Flight Privileges -- 14. Stranded -- 15. Strange Flightsaphorisms for an age of security16. Code Red -- 17. Stickers -- 18. Jeff Bridges -- 19. Night on the Tarmac -- 20. Six Years Lateraphorisms for an age of new media21. Ubiquitous Droning -- 22. Sitting Still, Taking Time -- 23. Hangar to Grave -- 24. Conditions Beyond Control -- 25. Jet Bridges -- 26. All Systems Go -- Coda: Return to Bozemanaphorisms for the end of airports -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
요약	"If air travel was once the bold future, it has now settled into a mundane, on-going present. We no longer expect romantic experiences or sublime views, but just hope that we get from here to there with minimal hassle. In The End of Airports, Christopher Schaberg suggests that even as the epoch of flight approaches a threshold of banality, there are still mysteries to be unraveled around our aircraft and airfields. Drawing from his own experiences working at an airport, as well as interpreting these spaces from the perspective of a cultural critic, Schaberg explores the secret lives of jet bridges, seating areas, concourses, and tarmac vehicles, showing how the ordinary objects of flight call for wonder and inquiry. The End of Airports is not an obituary-it's more like an ode to terminals in the digital age"--
요약	"A sequel and companion to the groundbreaking The Textual Life of Airports, The End of Airports combines critical theory, cultural studies, and media studies to encourage readers to think differently about contemporary air travel"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
해제	Provided by publisher.
일반주제명	Airports. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory. TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial
분류기호(DDC)	387.7
언어	영어
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