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Author:   Raúl Homero Villa (American Quarterly) ,  George J. Sánchez (American Quarterly)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780801882081

ISBN 10:   0801882087
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   18 April 2005
Recommended Age:   From 13
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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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<p>Provides a lively sample of the latest scholarship that critics and fans of Los Angeles alike will enjoy.--Allison Varzally Southern California Quarterly (01/01/0001)

<p> Provides a lively sample of the latest scholarship that critics and fans of Los Angeles alike will enjoy. -- Allison Varzally, Southern California Quarterly

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Raul Homero Villa is a professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Occidental College. George J. Sanchez is an associate professor of history and director of the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, as well as a former president of the American Studies Association.

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