Land of Smoke and Mirrors : A Cultural History of Los Angeles /

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"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 revea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brook, Vincent, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions
Popular culture.
Motion pictures.
Motion picture industry.
Minorities.
Literature.
Cultural pluralism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Diversite culturelle > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire.
Cinema > Industrie > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire.
Culture populaire > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire.
Minorities > California > Los Angeles > History.
Cultural pluralism > California > Los Angeles > History.
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History.
Popular culture > California > Los Angeles > History.
California > Los Angeles > Hollywood.
California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > In motion pictures.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > In literature.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813554570

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