UID:
almafu_9959677780802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (384 p.)
ISBN:
0-8223-7523-0
Inhalt:
〈div〉The Project on Vegas shows how the Las Vegas Strip concentrates and magnifies American culture's core truths. Among others, the Strip's buffets, surveillance, large scale branding and consumption, and transformation of nature reflects larger trends and practices throughout America. Includes over 100 photographs by Karen Klugman.〈/div〉
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction: riding the deuce -- Framing Las Vegas "reality" -- Playing the penny slots -- S.I.N. city -- sH₂Ow -- Bread and circuses -- The whole world on a plate -- Gaming the senses -- Nature in Vegas: cultivating the brand -- The shipping container capital of the world -- Ghosts of weddings past, present, and yet to come -- Memories: made in China -- Epilogue: sucker bet.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8223-5967-7
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8223-5948-0
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9780822375234
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