Kitsch is dead, long live Kitsch: The production of Hyperkitsch in Las Vegas

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-223

  Irazábal, Clara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; URBAN RENEWAL; URBANIZATION;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35648936474     PISSN: 07380895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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