Land of Smoke and Mirrors - A Cultural History of Los Angeles

Informationen zum Autor Brook, Vincent Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Brook
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2013
• EAN: 9780813554570
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-5457-0
• No. of pages: 311
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous