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BL
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846135
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| Main Entry
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Brook, Vincent,1946-
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| Title & Author
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Land of Smoke and Mirrors : : a Cultural History of Los Angeles /\ Vincent Brook.
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| Publication Statement
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New Brunswick, N.J. :: Rutgers University Press,, ©2013.
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1 online resource (x, 301 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0813554586
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081355456X
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0813554578
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1283717239
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9780813554563
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9780813554570
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9781283717236
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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 -- LAnglos and LAGBTs -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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"Land of Smoke and Mirrors looks at greater Los Angeles through the images projected from within and without its geographical and psychological borders. Divided into sections that probe the city's checkered history and reflect on Hollywood's own self reflections, the book offers revealing readings of different types of texts (novelistic, cinematic, event-related, and geographical) to expose how Los Angeles, despite considerable remaining challenges, is blowing away some of the smoke of its not always proud past and rhetorically adjusting its rear-view mirrors"--Provided by publisher.
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Cultural pluralism-- California-- Los Angeles-- History.
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Minorities-- California-- Los Angeles-- History.
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Motion picture industry-- California-- Los Angeles-- History.
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Popular culture-- California-- Los Angeles-- History.
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Cultural pluralism.
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HISTORY-- United States-- State Local-- General.
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Literature.
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Minorities.
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Motion picture industry.
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Motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Film Video-- Reference.
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Popular culture.
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Social conditions
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Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), History.
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Los Angeles (Calif.), History.
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Los Angeles (Calif.), In literature.
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Los Angeles (Calif.), In motion pictures.
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Los Angeles (Calif.), Social conditions.
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California, Los Angeles, Hollywood.
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California, Los Angeles.
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| Dewey Classification
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979.4979.494
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| LC Classification
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F869.L857B76 2013eb
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