In the Desert of Desire: Las Vegas and the Culture of Spectacle
by William L. Fox
William Fox's fascination with this place called Pair A Dice takes the reader along on a front seat view of the landscape and brings behind the scenes Las Vegas into the reader's lap. Fox weaves the spectacle that Las Vegas has successfully obscured between the boundaries of high art and entertainment extravaganza, nature and fantasy, for-profit and nonprofit enterprises.
From "Steve Wynn’s private collection and a branch of the famed Guggenheim Museum to the dismally underfunded Las Vegas Art Museum; from spectacular casino animal collections like those of magicians Siegfried and Roy and Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef exhibit to the city’s lack of support for a viable public zoo; from the environmental and psychological impact of lavish water displays in the arid desert to the artistic ambiguities intrinsic to Las Vegas' floating world of showgirls, lap dancers, and ballet divas." It's all here in the desert and trust me, you will have a clearer picture of an insight into the increasing commercialization of nature and culture across America.
Footnote: William L. Fox was born in 1949 and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Claremont College in 1971 and is the author of six nonfiction books on the cultural geography of the American Southwest. He has written more than a dozen books of poetry.
Dear Charlene,Thanks so much for the kind words. They are especially nice coming from someone who knows the nonprofit world.Cheers,Bill Fox 333 W. Spazier Ave.
William Fox's fascination with this place called Pair A Dice takes the reader along on a front seat view of the landscape and brings behind the scenes Las Vegas into the reader's lap. Fox weaves the spectacle that Las Vegas has successfully obscured between the boundaries of high art and entertainment extravaganza, nature and fantasy, for-profit and nonprofit enterprises.
From "Steve Wynn’s private collection and a branch of the famed Guggenheim Museum to the dismally underfunded Las Vegas Art Museum; from spectacular casino animal collections like those of magicians Siegfried and Roy and Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef exhibit to the city’s lack of support for a viable public zoo; from the environmental and psychological impact of lavish water displays in the arid desert to the artistic ambiguities intrinsic to Las Vegas' floating world of showgirls, lap dancers, and ballet divas." It's all here in the desert and trust me, you will have a clearer picture of an insight into the increasing commercialization of nature and culture across America.
Footnote: William L. Fox was born in 1949 and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Claremont College in 1971 and is the author of six nonfiction books on the cultural geography of the American Southwest. He has written more than a dozen books of poetry.
Dear Charlene,Thanks so much for the kind words. They are especially nice coming from someone who knows the nonprofit world.Cheers,Bill Fox 333 W. Spazier Ave.
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