Title Land of Smoke and Mirrors : a Cultural History of Los Angeles / Vincent Brook.

Publication Info.	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
	©2013

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Description	1 online resource (x, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
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.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History.
	Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
	Popular culture -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
	Los Angeles (Calif.) -- In literature.
	Los Angeles (Calif.) -- In motion pictures.
	Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
	Cultural pluralism -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
	Minorities -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
	Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	PERFORMING ARTS -- Film& Video -- Reference.
	Cultural pluralism. (OCoLC)fst01715991
	Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
	Minorities. (OCoLC)fst01023088
	Motion picture industry. (OCoLC)fst01027150
	Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
	Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	California -- Los Angeles. (OCoLC)fst01204540
	California -- Los Angeles -- Hollywood. (OCoLC)fst01312041
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
	Electronic book.
Other Form:	Print version: Brook, Vincent, 1946- Land of smoke and mirrors. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2013 9780813554570 (DLC) 2012009902 (OCoLC)781939861
ISBN	9780813554587 (electronic bk.)
	0813554586 (electronic bk.)

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