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1 online resource (x, 301 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 -- LAnglos and LAGBTs -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History.
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Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
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Popular culture -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Popular culture. |
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California -- Los Angeles. |
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History. |
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- In literature.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- In motion pictures.
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Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Motion picture industry. |
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Cultural pluralism -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Cultural pluralism. |
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Minorities -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Minorities. |
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brook, Vincent, 1946- Land of smoke and mirrors. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2013 9780813554570 (DLC) 2012009902 (OCoLC)781939861 |
| ISBN |
9780813554587 (electronic book) |
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0813554586 (electronic book) |
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9780813554570 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813554578 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813554563 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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081355456X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781283717236 |
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1283717239 |
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