In the desert of desire : Las Vegas and the culture of spectacle /

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Las Vegas, says writer Fox, is a pay-as-you-play paradise that succeeds through its collective ability to fantasize our deepest desires, which in a consumer society mean vast wealth and the excesses of pleasure and consumption that go with it. In this context, Fox examines how Las Vegas's cultu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fox, William L., 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Popular culture > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Arts > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Art museums > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Zoos > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Dance companies > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Compagnies de danse > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Jardins zoologiques > Nevada > Las Vegas.
Culture populaire > Nevada > Las Vegas.
ART > Popular Culture.
Art museums
Arts
Civilization
Cultural policy
Dance companies
Popular culture
Zoos
Showbusiness
Kulturpolitik
Las Vegas (Nev.) > Cultural policy.
Las Vegas (Nev.) > Civilization.
Nevada > Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nev.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Edifice complex
  • In the galleries
  • Faking the museum
  • Branding immortality
  • Of lions and tigers
  • Sharks in the sand
  • Fountains and mountains
  • Zumanity
  • Plotting not to profit
  • Paradise underfoot.

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