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245 10 a| Morta Las Vegash| [electronic resource] :b| CSI and the problem of the West /c| Nathaniel Lewis and Stephen Tatum.;

260 a| Lincoln ;a| London :b| University of Nebraska Press,c| [2017];

300 a| 281 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

490 0 a| Postwestern horizons;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-266) and index.;

505 0 a| The problem of the past : the case of the stolen Hummer -- The problem of space and place : the case of the dead convention model -- The problem of aesthetics : the case of the dead bodybuilder -- The problem of the [uncanny] West : the case of the abandoned dead boy -- Conclusion : nighthawks in Las Vegas -- "Just another day in paradise" : an envoi.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| Through all its transformations and reinventions over the past century, "Sin City" has consistently been regarded by artists and cultural critics as expressing in purest form, for better or worse, an aesthetic and social order spawned by neon signs and institutionalized indulgence. In other words, Las Vegas provides a codex with which to confront the problems of the West and to track the people, materials, ideas, and virtual images that constitute postregional space.Morta Las Vegas considers Las Vegas and the problem of regional identity in the American West through a case study of a single episode of the television crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Delving deep into the interwoven events of the episode titled "4 x 4," but resisting a linear, logical case-study approach, the authors draw connections between the city--a layered and complex world--and the violent, uncanny mysteries of a crime scene. Morta Las Vegas reveals nuanced issues characterizing the emergence of a postregional West, moving back and forth between a geographical and a procedural site and into a place both in between and beyond Western identity.;

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Morta Las Vegas CSI and the problem of the West / Nathaniel Lewis and Stephen Tatum.

Author/creator	Lewis, Nathaniel, 1962-
Other author	Tatum, Stephen, 1949-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Description	281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	CSI, crime scene investigation (Television program) Television cop shows--Nevada. --Las Vegas. Las Vegas (Nev.)--On television.

Series	Postwestern horizons Postwestern horizons. ^A563724
Contents	The problem of the past : the case of the stolen Hummer -- The problem of space and place : the case of the dead convention model -- The problem of aesthetics : the case of the dead bodybuilder -- The problem of the [uncanny] West : the case of the abandoned dead boy -- Conclusion : nighthawks in Las Vegas -- "Just another day in paradise" : an envoi.
Abstract	Through all its transformations and reinventions over the past century, "Sin City" has consistently been regarded by artists and cultural critics as expressing in purest form, for better or worse, an aesthetic and social order spawned by neon signs and institutionalized indulgence. In other words, Las Vegas provides a codex with which to confront the problems of the West and to track the people, materials, ideas, and virtual images that constitute postregional space.Morta Las Vegas considers Las Vegas and the problem of regional identity in the American West through a case study of a single episode of the television crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Delving deep into the interwoven events of the episode titled "4 x 4," but resisting a linear, logical case-study approach, the authors draw connections between the city--a layered and complex world--and the violent, uncanny mysteries of a crime scene. Morta Las Vegas reveals nuanced issues characterizing the emergence of a postregional West, moving back and forth between a geographical and a procedural site and into a place both in between and beyond Western identity.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-266) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2017950410
ISBN	9780803299931 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0803299931 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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