Land of Smoke and Mirrors : a Cultural History of Los Angeles /

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Author / Creator:	Brook, Vincent, 1946-
Imprint:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 301 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Popular culture -- California -- Los Angeles -- History. Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History. Cultural pluralism -- California -- Los Angeles -- History. Minorities -- California -- Los Angeles -- History. Cultural pluralism. Literature. Minorities. Motion picture industry. Motion pictures. Popular culture. Social conditions Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- In literature. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- In motion pictures. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions. California -- Los Angeles. California -- Los Angeles -- Hollywood. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11167260

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ISBN:	9780813554587 0813554586 9780813554570 0813554578 9780813554563 081355456X 9781283717236 1283717239
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Brook, Vincent, 1946- Land of smoke and mirrors. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2013 9780813554570

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