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Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
Published: 01 September 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478059189-012
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5918-9
... The move from the Eiffel Tower to the Ferris wheel monumentalizes not only the shift of modernity from Europe to America, but also the shift away from a capitalist system based purely on utility. The Ferris wheel shows how markets capture and calculate fun. While it failed to achieve the iconic...
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By Michael Dutton
Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
Published: 01 September 2024
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5918-9
... Eiffel Tower Ferris Wheel assembly line culture industry decalcomania ...
Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
Published: 01 September 2024
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5918-9
... The move from the Eiffel Tower to the Ferris wheel monumentalizes not only the shift of modernity from Europe to America, but also the shift away from a capitalist system based purely on utility. The Ferris wheel shows how markets capture and calculate fun. While it failed to achieve the iconic status...
Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
Published: 01 September 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478059189-013
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5918-9
... If the Ferris wheel shows the way the wheels of capitalism turned ever faster as it ratcheted down violence and reinforced the desires of the market, Tatlin’s Tower could be said to be an attempt to do the reverse. Anchored to a Russian Constructivist vision of modernity in which science meets...