Reimagining Las Vegas via Ethnic Studies
Document Type
Blog
Publication Date
8-12-2021
Publication Title
Nevada Humanities
Abstract
Las Vegas is a real place with real people. A laughable claim to most, I know. But writers, scholars, and locals can attest. Despite Vegas’ status and identity as one of the world’s top tourist destinations—an unbridled playground of gambling, shows, consumerism, and debauchery—its residents engage and experience the city in profoundly different ways. And the question of when, how, and why 2.6 million people came to build lives and communities here—real and imagined, fleeting and enduring—is all incredibly fascinating to me.
Keywords
Las Vegas, Ethnic Studies, Race, Place
Disciplines
Ethnic Studies | United States History
Repository Citation
Padoongpatt, M.
(2021).
Reimagining Las Vegas via Ethnic Studies.
Nevada Humanities