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

By: Krier, Dan, 1965- [author.]Contributor(s): Swart, William J [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 92.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004300613 (e-book)Subject(s): Motorsports -- Economic aspects -- United States | Sports spectators -- United States | Sports facilities -- Economic aspects -- United States | Sports -- Economic aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: NASCAR, Sturgis, and the new economy of spectacle.DDC classification: 796.7 LOC classification: GV1019.5.U6 | K75 2017Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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