Strange future
Subtitle: pessimism and the 1992 Los Angeles riots
By: Min Hyoung Song.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Race riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century; Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions; African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions; Urban poor -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions; Race relations in literature; Ethnicity in literature; American literature -- Korean American authors -- History and criticism; Pessimism -- Social aspects -- United States; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations; United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : when the strange erupts in culture; title: Racial geography of Southern California; title: The Black body in pain : Rodney King and strange days; title: Culture of wounding : the riots and twilight; title: Mourning Los Angeles; title: A diasporic future? historical trauma and native speaker; title: Epilogue : bearers of bad news.