The language of scripted places

Authors

  • Pamela Burton
  • Richard Hertz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34900/lr.v2i3.25

Abstract

The languages of the entertainment industry and of psychoanalysis arc combined with insights on social systems from Deleuze and Guattari to re-think the dynamics of urban landscapes. The modalities of control and fantasy in scripted spaces arc explored through analysis of two opposing yet related tendencies in capitalism: desire embodied as the controlling and repressive-the paranoiac tendency-and desire embodied as the deterritorialising and the nomadic-the schizophrenic tendency. Specific examples of shopping areas show how overt and/or psychic control mechanisms mutate with overt and/or psychic fantasy spaces in order to transform desire into the purchase of commodities.

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Published

01-03-1996

How to Cite

Burton, P., & Hertz, R. (1996). The language of scripted places. Landscape Review, 2(3), 24–32. https://doi.org/10.34900/lr.v2i3.25

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Section

Reflection