The possibility machine : music and myth in Las Vegas /

The possibility machine : music and myth in Las Vegas /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
Description:276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Music in American life
Music in American life.
Subject:
Performing arts -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- 20th century.
Entertainers -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- 20th century.
Music trade -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
Identity (Psychology) -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
Entertainers
Identity (Psychology)
Music trade
Performing arts
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- History -- 20th century.
Nevada -- Las Vegas
History
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13290521
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Varying Form of Title:Music and myth in Las Vegas
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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