TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘When you walk through these doors, you can be anything you want’: authenticity, fantasy and neoliberal ideology in Hotel Babylon
AU - Harper, Stephen
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The prime-time television drama, Hotel Babylon, now entering its third season on BBC1, is based on a popular book by Imogen Edwards-Jones (2005) about the glamorous lifestyles, and the licentious, crooked and often bizarre behaviour of staff and guests in a five-star London hotel. Jones based her book on information derived from an anonymous source in the luxury hotel industry. 'All of the following is true', the book's cover blurb assures us.
AB - The prime-time television drama, Hotel Babylon, now entering its third season on BBC1, is based on a popular book by Imogen Edwards-Jones (2005) about the glamorous lifestyles, and the licentious, crooked and often bizarre behaviour of staff and guests in a five-star London hotel. Jones based her book on information derived from an anonymous source in the luxury hotel industry. 'All of the following is true', the book's cover blurb assures us.
U2 - 10.3366/E1743452108000101
DO - 10.3366/E1743452108000101
M3 - Article
SN - 1743-4521
VL - 5
SP - 113
EP - 131
JO - Journal of British Cinema and Television
JF - Journal of British Cinema and Television
IS - 1
ER -