Strange Spaces

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.

Contents: What is strange about strange spaces?, André Jansson and Amanda Lagerkvist; Part 1 Scales of Opacity: Introduction to Part 1 André Jansson and Amanda Lagerkvist; Vague spaces, Phil Carney and Vincent Miller; Domesticated media: hiding, dying or haunting, Orvar Löfgren; The strange space of the body: 2 dialogues, Eva Ã…hrén and Michael Sappol; Obscure objects of media studies: echo, hotbird and ikonos, Lisa Parks. Part 2 Dislocation, Disruption, Disobedience: Introduction to Part 2, André Jansson and Amanda Lagerkvist; Beside myself with looking: the provincial, female spectator as out of place at the Stockholm exhibition 1897, Ylva Habel; La villa rouge: replaying decadence in Shanghai, Amanda Lagerkvist; Cities of sin, backroads of crime, Will Straw; Walks in spectral space: East London crime scene tourism, Chris Wilbert and Rikke Hansen; The soul of the city: heritage architecture, vandalism and the new Bath spa, Cynthia Imogen Hammond. Part 3 Secrets and Wonders of Media Spaces: Introduction to Part 3, André Jansson and Amanda Lagerkvist; Death at Broadcasting House, Staffan Ericson; Communication clinics: Expo 67 and the symbolic power of fixing flows, André Jansson; Modern moon rising: imagining aerospace in early picture postcards, Johanne Sloan; Strange exhibitions: museums and art galleries in film, Steven Jacobs; Hiding in plain sight: cinematic undergrounds, David L. Pike; Indexes.