Land of smoke and mirrors a cultural history of Los Angeles
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J.
Rutgers University Press
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction -- Original si(g)n. The Ramona myth -- Ramona revisited -- Si(g)n city. "City with two heads" -- What price Hollywood? -- L.A. noir. Bright and guilty place -- Neo-noir -- Multicultural L.A. LAtinos -- bLAcks -- LAsians -- LAnglos and LAGBTs -- Conclusion "Land of Smoke and Mirrors looks at greater Los Angeles through the images projected from within and without its geographical and psychological borders. Divided into sections that probe the city's checkered history and reflect on Hollywood's own self reflections, the book offers revealing readings of different types of texts (novelistic, cinematic, event-related, and geographical) to expose how Los Angeles, despite considerable remaining challenges, is blowing away some of the smoke of its not always proud past and rhetorically adjusting its rear-view mirrors"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 301 pages) |
| ISBN: | 081355456X 0813554586 1283717239 9780813554563 9780813554587 9781283717236 |