Land of smoke and mirrors
Subtitle: a cultural history of Los Angeles
By: Vincent Brook
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780813554570; 9780813554563; 9780813554587
Subjects: Los Angeles (Calif.); Cultural pluralism; Popular culture; Minorities; In motion pictures; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.); Social conditions; Motion picture industry; In literature; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Original si(g)n. The Ramona myth; title: Ramona revisited; title: Si(g)n city; title: "City with two heads"; title: What price Hollywood?; title: L.A. noir. Bright and guilty place; title: Neo-noir. Multicultural L.A. Latinos; title: bLAcks; title: LAsians; title: LAanglos and LAgbts; title: Conclusion.