In the desert of desire : Las Vegas and the culture of spectacle / William L. Fox.

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 culture of...

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Main Author: Fox, William L., 1949-
Language:English
Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2005], ©2005.
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Physical Description:xvi, 186 pages ; 21 cm
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