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Author Krier, Dan, 1965- author.

Title NASCAR, Sturgis, and the new economy of spectacle / by Daniel Krier, William J. Swart.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
2017

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Description 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Studies in critical social sciences ; volume 92
Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 92.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A historical sociology of spectacle: economics and the changing modalities of the carnivalesque -- Economies of spectacle and micro-primitive accumulation: a tale of two cities -- The structure of economies of spectacle -- Paying to see: spectator markets, the outlaw biker legend and the Sturgis motorcycle rally -- Paying to be seen: sponsorship markets, branding and the management of legends -- Paying to be seen enjoying: trophy markets, display and surplus enjoyment -- Dark spectacle: authoritarianism and the aestheticization of economics -- The future of economic spectacles: virtual augmentation the dialects of aura.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Motorsports -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Sports spectators -- United States.
Sports facilities -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Swart, William J., author.
Other Form: Print version: Krier, Dan. NASCAR, Sturgis, and the new economy of spectacle. Leiden : Brill, [2017] xv, 223 pages ; 25 cm. Studies in critical social sciences ; volume 92 9789004300606
ISBN 9789004300606 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004300606
9789004300613 (e-book)

 
    
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