Land of smoke and mirrors a cultural history of Los Angeles /

Land of smoke and mirrors a cultural history of Los Angeles /

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Author / Creator: Brook, Vincent, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Imprint: New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History.
Popular culture > California > Los Angeles > History.
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History.
Cultural pluralism > California > Los Angeles > History.
Minorities > California > Los Angeles > History.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > In literature.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > In motion pictures.
Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • LAanglos and LAgbts
  • Conclusion.

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