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Unmasking L.A.: Third Worlds and the City
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Description for Unmasking L.A.: Third Worlds and the City
Paperback. Investigating the social, political, cultural and literary climate of Los Angeles, this interdisciplinary collection of essays, dialogues and photographs excavates the third-world geographies, cultures and populations of Los Angeles. Editor(s): Sawhney, Deepak Narang. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
Since its birth in 1781, Los Angeles has come to define both the material and spiritual force of American civilization. The American dream is realized, experienced, and lost in the City of Angels. Unmasking L.A.: Third Worlds and the City, an interdisciplinary collection of essays, dialogues, and photographs, seeks to reveal the third world geographies, cultures, and populations of Los Angeles. It examines the social, political, cultural, and literary climate of the city, bringing together diverse responses to the complexities facing Los Angeles from respected intellectuals, writers, and artists such as Mike Davis, Deepak Chopra, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. By ... Read more
Since its birth in 1781, Los Angeles has come to define both the material and spiritual force of American civilization. The American dream is realized, experienced, and lost in the City of Angels. Unmasking L.A.: Third Worlds and the City, an interdisciplinary collection of essays, dialogues, and photographs, seeks to reveal the third world geographies, cultures, and populations of Los Angeles. It examines the social, political, cultural, and literary climate of the city, bringing together diverse responses to the complexities facing Los Angeles from respected intellectuals, writers, and artists such as Mike Davis, Deepak Chopra, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. By ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312292898
SKU
V9780312292898
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Ref
99-15
About N/A
DEEPAK NARANG SAWHNEY is Professor of Philosophy at The Union Institute in Los Angeles, California. He is the editor of Must We Burn Sade? and The Divine Sade.
Reviews for Unmasking L.A.: Third Worlds and the City
"Here is the first installment, strong and compelling, of the breakthrough analysis Los Angeles has so long deserved ." - Dr. Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California