...The 1967 War, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip ...

... A bus ride on the Las Vegas Strip charts the geographic and cultural topography of the Strip. A series of vignettes gleaned from passengers on board the bus highlight the daily life ephemera at the heart of a cultural studies approach whose theoretical underpinnings and methodologies...

... Las Vegas Strip cultural studies ...

... A survey of slot machines on the Las Vegas Strip offers descriptions of the play and the players in the context of a larger discussion about the function of loyalty rewards in a consumer-driven economy. slot machines consumer rewards ...

... This chapter explores the use and meaning of water on the Strip, not from the more traditional perspectives of environment or politics, but rather as an entertainment spectacle and even high-tech new media phenomenon. Water transactions and displays—such as the illicit sale of water bottles...

... Art and entertainment on the Strip illustrate the stratification of taste in the twenty-first century, where products, styles, and whole experiences are branded and franchised, and culture itself is marketed as an entertainment commodity. Examples include Steve Wynn’s museum and hotels...

... An exploration of buffet-style dining on the Las Vegas Strip opens into a history of the cafeteria and a discussion of culinary tourism that broaches questions pertaining to globalized food production and the issue of food waste. Las Vegas buffets culinary tourism food waste ...

... This chapter explores the nonvisual senses as modes of experiencing the Strip and its pleasures, addressing the ways in which these senses function to orient us both in space and as consumers and subjects. This is a cultural analysis of the senses in and around the Strip. The chapter covers...