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Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Cultures
. Ed(S): Villa, Raul Homero; Sanchez, George J.
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Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Villa, Raul Homero; Sanchez, George J. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
A Special Issue of American Quarterly
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882081
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V9780801882081
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About . Ed(S): Villa, Raul Homero; Sanchez, George J.
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.
Reviews for Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Cultures
Provides a lively sample of the latest scholarship that critics and fans of Los Angeles alike will enjoy.
Allison Varzally Southern California Quarterly 2006
Allison Varzally Southern California Quarterly 2006