“What happens [in Vegas]”: Performing the post-tourist flâneur in “New York” and “Paris”

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-333

  Wood, Andrew F ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fl neur; Las vegas; Omnitopia; Post tourism; Souvenirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015227257     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930500362403     Document Type: Article

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