Land of smoke and mirrors : a cultural history of Los Angeles
Print Book, English, 2013
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J., 2013
History
x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780813554570, 9780813554563, 0813554578, 081355456X
781939861
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
LAanglos and LAGBTs
Conclusion