Meaning of liminal space | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A depiction of an empty or abandoned place, often made to appear unsettling, surreal, or nostalgic.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see liminal, space.

Examples

“In fact, the most uncanny contemporary liminal spaces combine the familiarity of, say, a New York City tourist magnet with an unnatural emptiness. Then again, a liminal space can be somewhere you could imagine dreaming about or seeing on TV. It can be tinged with tragedy or just inexplicably sad in its ordinariness. Liminal spaces can be both comforting and discomforting, nostalgic and unsettling, intimate and unnatural.”

“Michael Kinnan's sendup of "Titanic" explores the liminal space between tribute and affectionate satire.”

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