Table of Contents

Maps/Scenes

Scenes 1-8 – 1957-1980

Scenes 9-16 – 1982-1988

Scenes 17-24 – 1988-1995

Scenes 25-32 – 1995-1998

Scenes 33-29 – 1999-2005

Scenes 40-46 – 2007-2010

Essays

Las Vegas: City of the Imagination – David Sterritt

Pack Mentality: The Vegas of the Original Ocean’s Eleven – Walter Raubicheck

Fear and Loathing: Las Vegas and the Cinema of American Excess – Mike King

Dream Machine: Las Vegas as Mythical Destination – Oana Chivoiu

Electric Dreams: Lighting Up The Strip Sydney Pollack Style – Carol Cling

Strings Attached: Las Vegas in Science Fiction ‘B’ Movies – Henri-Simon Blanc-Hoàng

Beyond the Strip: Life and Culture on the Outer Limits of ‘Sin City’ – David Dickens

About the Author

Marcelline Block is a lecturer in history at Princeton University, where she is completing her PhD in French. She is the editor or coeditor of several volumes, including Situating the Feminist Gaze and Spectatorship in Postwar Cinema.