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The Hotel: Occupied Space explores the hotel as both symbol and space through the concept of “occupancy.” By examining how it manifests in art, photography, and film as well as its uses during wartime and as a sanctuary for displaced people, this book offers a timely critique of a crucial modern space.

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"Its assemblage of sources unique to Davidson’s perspective and its original articulation of the concept of occupancy makes The Hotel: Occupied Space a topical study that, while broad in scope, is refreshingly clear and accessible to anyone interested in our evolving relationship with the built environment in the age of global conduct." -- Matthew D’Ambrosio Griffith, Harvard University * Between *
"Through his provocative series of close readings, Davidson uses the hotel form as a way to register the significance of incursions of state power into the contractually arranged relationship to space that defines the modern hotel." -- Jordan J. Howie, University of Toronto * University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018 *

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: The Overlooked Space Part I: The Realm of Imagination Chapter 1: The Pictorial Hotel Chapter 2: The Cinematic Hotel Part II: The Built Environment Chapter 3: The Wartime Hotel Chapter 4: The Displacement Hotel Conclusion: The Hotel Attraction Notes Works Cited Index

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      Publisher MY - University of Toronto Press
      Published 9/20/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781442641853
      978-1442641853
      ISBN-10 1442641851
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Hotel: Occupied Space explores the hotel as both symbol and space through the concept of “occupancy.” By examining how it manifests in art, photography, and film as well as its uses during wartime and as a sanctuary for displaced people, this book offers a timely critique of a crucial modern space.

      Trade Review
      "Its assemblage of sources unique to Davidson’s perspective and its original articulation of the concept of occupancy makes The Hotel: Occupied Space a topical study that, while broad in scope, is refreshingly clear and accessible to anyone interested in our evolving relationship with the built environment in the age of global conduct." -- Matthew D’Ambrosio Griffith, Harvard University * Between *
      "Through his provocative series of close readings, Davidson uses the hotel form as a way to register the significance of incursions of state power into the contractually arranged relationship to space that defines the modern hotel." -- Jordan J. Howie, University of Toronto * University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018 *

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: The Overlooked Space Part I: The Realm of Imagination Chapter 1: The Pictorial Hotel Chapter 2: The Cinematic Hotel Part II: The Built Environment Chapter 3: The Wartime Hotel Chapter 4: The Displacement Hotel Conclusion: The Hotel Attraction Notes Works Cited Index

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