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