Airportness : the nature of flight by Schaberg, Christopher, author instant download

Airportness : the nature of flight by Schaberg, Christopher, author instant download

1 online resource, \"The term \"airportness\" has been used to describe the architectural feel of modern terminals and concourses. In his third book about airports, Christopher Schaberg argues that airportness is not just a way of thinking about design, but also the feelings and sensations related to everyday patterns of flight. It is seeing planes in the sky, recognizing vague roars from above, and interpreting the routines of air travel-from sliding doors, to jet bridge, to lavatory. Airportness: The Nature of Flight departs from where The End of Airports left off, speculating about the future of flight and contemplating aircraft as they appear in a variety of contexts. Airportness explores how planes have become surprisingly natural objects: experienced as unquestionable set pieces, props, and passages--airportness is the rumbling background noise of the jet age\"--, \"Explores the surprising connections between the common experience of air travel and how we think about nature\"--, Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 14, 2017), Includes bibliographical references and index, Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preflight; Ride to the Airport; Curbside; Boarding Pass; Security; Walk to the Gate; People Watching; Attack; Waiting; Workers; Art; Gate Change; Gate Lice; Fishing Shirts; Runway; Holding; Takeoff; Window Seat; Sunrise; Armrests; New Planes; Airplane Reading I; Consider the Lavatory; Snacking; Initial Descent; Connection; Play; Sparrows; Twitter; Breakfast; 747; Colin Farrell; In-flight Entertainment I: Somewhere; In-flight Entertainment II: The Force Awakens; Airplane Reading II; Plane Sighting; Higher Still; Entanglements, In-flight Entertainment III: United 93Old Planes; Gender; Water Landing; Arrival; Destination; Baggage; Exit; Home; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Films; Web resources; Music; Index