Nascar, Sturgis, And The New Economy Of Spectacle

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

In this provocative and original monograph, Krier and Swart argue that NASCAR and the carnivalesque displays at Sturgis's mass motorcycle rallies reveal how spectator events of this scale have come to function as intensive sites of profit making in contemporary capitalism. The authors lucidly trace the historical development of these economic spectacles and analyse the structural components that sustain them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-03-20
Mått:153 x 225 x 15 mm
Vikt:336 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:223
Förlag:Haymarket Books
ISBN:9781608468355

Utforska kategorier

Ekonomisk politik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Daniel Krier (Ph.D. Kansas) is associate professor of Sociology at Iowa State University. His writings on critical theory and political economy include Speculative Capitalism: Stock Market Power and Corporate Change (W.H. Freeman & Co., 2005) and the co-edited volume Capitalism’s Future: Alienation, Emancipation and Critique (Brill 2016).William J. Swart (PhD Kansas) is professor of Sociology and Director of the Civitas Honors Program at Augustana University. His articles on critical theory, social movements and identities have appeared in The Sociological Quarterly, Current Perspectives in Social Theory, and Critical Sociology.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures and Tables1. A Historical Sociology of Spectacle: Economics and the Changing Modalities of the Carnivalesque2. Economies of Spectacle and Micro-Primitive Accumulation: A Tale of Two Cities3. The Structure of Economies of Spectacle4. Paying to See: Spectator Markets, the Outlaw Biker Legend and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally5. Paying to be Seen: Sponsorship Markets, Branding and the Management of Legends6. Paying to be Seen Enjoying: Trophy Markets, Display and Surplus Enjoyment7. Dark Spectacle: Authoritarianism and the Aestheticization of Economics8. The Future of Economic Spectacles: Virtual Augmentation and the Dialects of AuraReferencesIndex