The history of forgetting
Subtitle: Los Angeles and the erasure of memory
By: Norman M. Klein.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781844672417
Subjects: Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century.; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Civilization -- 20th century.; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Memory -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles.
Description: Los Angeles is a city which has long thrived on the continual re-creation of own myth. In this extraordinary and original work, Norman Klein examines the process of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact and fiction, the book takes us on an "(Banti-tour" of downtown LA, examines life for Vietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a Los Angeleno, and finally looks at the way information technology has recreated the city, turning cyberspace into the last suburb. In this new edition, Norman Klein examines new models for erasure in LA. He explores the evolution of the Latino majority, how the Pacific economy is changing the structure of urban life, the impact of collapsing infrastructure in the city, and the restructuring of those very districts that had been "forgotten."
Notes: Originally published: 1998. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.