| The End of Airports Contributor(s): Schaberg, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501305492 ISBN-13: 9781501305498 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - General - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 387.7 |
| LCCN: 2015011085 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schaberg, Christopher: - Christopher Schaberg is Associate Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, USA. He is the author of The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight (2013) and co-editor of Deconstructing Brad Pitt (2014). He is series co-editor (Ian Bogost) of the series Object Lessons. |