The possibility machine : music and myth in Las Vegas /
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Imprint: | Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2023] |
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Description: | 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Music in American life Music in American life. |
Subject: | |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13290521 |
Varying Form of Title: | Music and myth in Las Vegas |
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Other authors / contributors: | Johnson, Jake, 1984- editor. |
ISBN: | 9780252045417 0252045416 9780252087530 0252087534 9780252055010 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary: | "At once a Technicolor wonderland and the embodiment of American mythology, Las Vegas exists at the Ground Zero of a reverence for risk-taking and the transformative power of a winning hand. Jake Johnson edits a collection of short essays and flash ideas that probes how music-making and soundscapes shape the City of Second Chances. Treating topics ranging from Cher to Cirque de Soleil, the contributors delve into how music and musicians factored in the early development of Vegas's image; the role of local communities of musicians and Strip mainstays in sustaining tensions between belief and disbelief; the ways aging showroom stars provide a sense of timelessness that inoculates visitors against the outside world; the link connecting fantasies of sexual prowess and democracy with the musical values of Liberace and others; considerations of how musicians and establishments gambled with identity and opened the door for audience members to explore Sin City-only versions of themselves; and the echoes and energy generated by the idea of Las Vegas as it travels across the country"-- |
Other form: | Online version: Possibility machine Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023] 9780252055010 |
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