Strip Cultures

Finding America in Las Vegas
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7523-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

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.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Riding the Deuce 1

1. Framing Las Vegas "Reality" 23

2. Playing the Penny Slots 50

3. S.I.N. City 70

4. sH2Ow 110

5. Bread and Circuses 134

6. The Whole World on a Plate 160

7. Gaming the Senses 184

8. Nature in Vegas: Cultivating the Brand 215

9. The Shipping Container Capital of the World 243

10. Ghosts of Weddings Past, Present, and Yet to Come 290

11. Memories: Made in China 322

Epilogue. Sucker Bet 338

Bibliography 359

Index 367

Über Autor(innen)

The members of the Project on Vegas are Stacy M. Jameson, Instructor of Film/Media at the University of Rhode Island; Karen Klugman, photographer and Chair of the Art Department at the Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut; Jane Kuenz, Associate Professor of English at the University of Southern Maine; and Susan Willis, Associate Professor of Literature at Duke University.