Los Angeles & the future of urban cultures : a special issue of American quarterly

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Los Angeles & the future of urban cultures : a special issue of American quarterly

edited by Raúl Homero Villa & George J. Sánchez

(Johns Hopkins paperbacks)

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

  • : pbk

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Los Angeles and the future of urban cultures

American quarterly

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"American studies"--Back cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-345) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This special issue of American Quarterly focuses on Los Angeles as an emblematic site through which the scholarship of American studies can be examined. As a city shaped by eighteenth-century European colonization, nineteenth-century U.S. territorial expansion, and twentieth-century migration, Los Angeles has come to embody both the hopes and fears of Americans looking to the future. It is a city in which the local is deployed in complex practices of identity and community formation within the broader networks of globalization that continue to define and redefine what constitutes America. The articles in this volume address the complexities of the city's social geography across time, particularly since World War II. The collection reflects an exciting variety of cultural studies perspectives and reveals the synergistic possibilities of current Los Angeles studies and American studies in general. American Quarterly includes interdisciplinary scholarship that engages key issues in American studies. Publishing essays that examine American societies and cultures in global and local contexts, the journal contributes to the understanding of the United States, its diversity, and its impact on world politics and culture.

目次

Preface Introduction: Los Angeles Studies and the Future of Urban Cultures Chapter 1. Best MTA Bus Line: The Number 18, yes, let's take a trip down Whittier Boulevard Chapter 2. Learning from Los Angeles: Another One Rides the Bus Chapter 3. Los Angeles and American Studies in a Pacific World of Migrations Chapter 4. Border City: Race and Social Distance in Los Angeles Chapter 5. The Figure of the Neighbor: Los Angeles Past and Future Chapter 6. Straight into Compton: American Dreams, Urban Nightmares, and the Metamorphosis of a Black Suburb Chapter 7. L.A. Race Woman: Charlotta Bass and the Complexities of Black Political Development in Los Angeles Chapter 8. "What's Good for Boyle Heights Is Good for the Jews": Chapter 9. Creating Multiracialism on the Eastside during the 1950s Chapter 10. The Art of the City: Modernism, Censorship, and the Emergence of Los Angeles's Postwar Art Scene Chapter 11. Bringing Music to the People: Race, Urban Culture, and Municipal Politics in Chapter 12. Postwar Los Angeles Chapter 13. The Battle of Los Angeles: The Cultural Politics of Chicana/o Music in the Greater Eastside Chapter 14. What Is an MC If He Can't Rap to Banda? Chapter 15. Making Music in Nuevo L.A. Chapter 16. Fools Banished from the Kingdom: Remapping Geographies of Gang Violence between the Americas (Los Angeles and San Salvador) Chapter 17. Borders and Social Distinction in the Global Suburb Chapter 18. Nuestra Los Angeles Contributors Index

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