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New Portlandia: Rock N' Roll, Authenticity And The Politics Of Place In Portland, Oregon, Jeffrey Ross London
New Portlandia: Rock N' Roll, Authenticity And The Politics Of Place In Portland, Oregon, Jeffrey Ross London
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This work is concerned with the situation of indie musicians and their relationship to the urban imaginary of the city of Portland, Oregon. Central to this inquiry is the interplay between music makers and the evolving cultural economy of the city. There are several key issues that arise in Portland for participants in the indie music scene, in the new, high-rent lifestyle city. The regional Northwest ecology of indie rock music and the collective memory of the underground has been brought into the mainstream as an advertisement for the city, an identity for its new residents and for cultural tourism. …
The Arena And Stadium Experience: The Individual, The Venue And The Culture Industry, Anthony Paul Sparacino
The Arena And Stadium Experience: The Individual, The Venue And The Culture Industry, Anthony Paul Sparacino
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This paper explores arenas and stadia, specifically Madison Square Garden and Citi Field in New York City, through the prism of Theodor Adorno's conception of the culture industry, the notion that cultural artifacts are consciously created in order to reify the values of the existing social system, especially those of elites. Rather than focusing solely on media culture, this essay proposes that understandings of mass culture can be enhanced by focusing on the context of the consumption of mass-cultural artifacts, namely the development of a conception of place within the mind of the consumer, who has an active role in …