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In The Desert Of Desire: Las Vegas And The Culture Of Spectacle
William L. Fox
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Description for In The Desert Of Desire: Las Vegas And The Culture Of Spectacle
Paperback. Examines how Las Vegas' culture of spectacle has obscured boundaries between art and entertainment, as well as public and private interest. This work offers an insight into the increasing commercialization of nature and culture across America, and the ways Las Vegas has manipulated them to achieve ever-higher levels of extravagance and spectacle. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; JHMC; WDP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Las Vegas, says William Fox, is a pay-as-you-play paradise that succeeds through its collective ability to fantasize our desire for vast wealth and the excesses of pleasure and consumption that go with it. In this context, he examines how the city's culture of spectacle has obscured boundaries between art and entertainment, public and private interest, and consequently has diminished the power of unembellished nature and the arts to teach and inspire us.Available now for the first time in paperback, ""In the Desert of Desire"" offers unique insight into the increasing commercialization of nature and culture across America, and the ways ... Read more
Las Vegas, says William Fox, is a pay-as-you-play paradise that succeeds through its collective ability to fantasize our desire for vast wealth and the excesses of pleasure and consumption that go with it. In this context, he examines how the city's culture of spectacle has obscured boundaries between art and entertainment, public and private interest, and consequently has diminished the power of unembellished nature and the arts to teach and inspire us.Available now for the first time in paperback, ""In the Desert of Desire"" offers unique insight into the increasing commercialization of nature and culture across America, and the ways ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874177275
SKU
V9780874177275
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About William L. Fox
William L. Fox is the author of six nonfiction books on the cultural geography of the American Southwest, more than a dozen books of poetry, and is currently at work on a book about scientific and artistic images of the Antarctic. His poems have appeared in more than 60 magazines and journals, and he edited the West Coast Poetry Review ... Read more
Reviews for In The Desert Of Desire: Las Vegas And The Culture Of Spectacle
"In the Desert of Desire is a remarkable book. It deserves a wide readership, especially among students and scholars concerned with tourism, spectacle, and the American West. It should be required reading for those concerned with Las Vegas." - C. Richard King, Journal of the West "As I tagged along on his zigzagging explorations...I felt the exhilarated giddiness of one ... Read more