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Strip Cultures : Finding America in Las Vegas by The Project on Vegas The Project on Vegas (2015, Trade Paperback)

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Author: The Project on Vegas (Author). Weight: 1.15 lbs. ISBN10: 0822359677. Publication Date: 2015-10-02. Publisher: Duke University Press.

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PublisherDuke University Press

ISBN-100822359677

ISBN-139780822359678

eBay Product ID (ePID)208629901

Product Key Features

Number of Pages277 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameStrip Cultures : Finding America in Las Vegas

SubjectUnited States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Sociology / Urban

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

AuthorThe Project on Vegas the Project on Vegas

Subject AreaTravel, Social Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-004991

Reviews[T]he chapter on surveillance and 'security aesthetics' is downright chilling. This study may not expose all of Las Vegas's secrets, but it still feels like someone pulling back the curtain for a peek at the Wizard., "[T]he chapter on surveillance and 'security aesthetics' is downright chilling. This study may not expose all of Las Vegas's secrets, but it still feels like someone pulling back the curtain for a peek at the Wizard." -- Publishers Weekly " Strip Cultures explores all aspects of Vegas from the perspectives of art, photography and the visual, from the sensory experience to nature and technology, and brand and image. Every facet goes under the microscope, which makes for diverting reading in itself - viewing this city, its culture and its bizarre mix of inhabitants for the sheer theatre it is." -- Sam Marsden Jackpot.co.uk "[A] book of often startling richness and complexity, often very finely written. ... Strip Cultures is an admirably even-handed and non-judgemental account, for the most part, of a city whose openness allows its authors to experience it in some new ways. But as they make clear, it's also a city whose pleasures come at a human cost. Without hectoring or harangue, but instead by steady accumulation of data and anecdote, that is the disturbing conclusion this book leaves." -- Richard J. Williams Times Higher Education "This book is an excellent travelogue with pictures and commentary of the experience that is Las Vegas and American culture." -- Brad Eden Journal of American Culture, [A] book of often startling richness and complexity, often very finely written. ... Strip Cultures is an admirably even-handed and non-judgemental account, for the most part, of a city whose openness allows its authors to experience it in some new ways. But as they make clear, it's also a city whose pleasures come at a human cost. Without hectoring or harangue, but instead by steady accumulation of data and anecdote, that is the disturbing conclusion this book leaves., Bringing fresh perspectives to our understanding of the Las Vegas Strip, the authors offer a compelling set of observations that speak not only to the over-the-top world of the Strip, but to larger trends in American culture. They allow readers to catch a brief glimpse of another Vegas, the one occupied by those who keep the city's economic wheels of gaming and tourism turning., This book is an excellent travelogue with pictures and commentary of the experience that is Las Vegas and American culture., Strip Cultures explores all aspects of Vegas from the perspectives of art, photography and the visual, from the sensory experience to nature and technology, and brand and image. Every facet goes under the microscope, which makes for diverting reading in itself - viewing this city, its culture and its bizarre mix of inhabitants for the sheer theatre it is.

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal979.3/135

Table Of ContentIntroduction. 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

SynopsisOn the Las Vegas Strip, blockbuster casinos burst out of the desert, billboards promise "hot babes," actual hot babes proffer complimentary drinks, and a million happy slot machines ring day and night. It's loud and excessive, but, as the Project on Vegas demonstrates, the Strip is not a world apart. Combining written critique with more than one hundred photographs by Karen Klugman, Strip Cultures examines the politics of food and water, art and spectacle, entertainment and branding, body and sensory experience. In confronting the ordinary on America's most famous four-mile stretch of pavement, the authors reveal how the Strip concentrates and magnifies the basic truths and practices of American culture where consumerism is the stuff of life, digital surveillance annuls the right to privacy, and nature--all but destroyed--is refashioned as an element of decor., 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., On the Las Vegas Strip, blockbuster casinos burst out of the desert, billboards promise "hot babes," actual hot babes proffer complimentary drinks, and a million happy slot machines ring day and night. It's loud and excessive, but, as the Project on Vegas demonstrates, the Strip is not a world apart. Combining written critique with more than one hundred photographs by Karen Klugman, Strip Cultures examines the politics of food and water, art and spectacle, entertainment and branding, body and sensory experience. In confronting the ordinary on America's most famous four-mile stretch of pavement, the authors reveal how the Strip concentrates and magnifies the basic truths and practices of American culture where consumerism is the stuff of life, digital surveillance annuls the right to privacy, and nature-all but destroyed-is refashioned as an element of decor.

LC Classification NumberF849