000			02946cam a2200505Mi 4500
001			ocn818869299
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105311.0
008			121120s2013 xx o 000 0 eng d
040			_aEBLCP _beng _erda _cEBLCP _dNT
020			_a9780813554587 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
050	0	4	_aF869 _b.L363 2013
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aBrook, Vincent. _e1
245	1	0	_aLand of Smoke and Mirrors _bA Cultural History of Los Angeles. _c
260			_aPiscataway : _bRutgers University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (316 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
500			_aDescription based upon print version of record.
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; contents; Prologue; Introduction; Part I. Original Si(g)n; Chapter 1. The Ramona Myth; Chapter 2. Ramona Revisited; Part II. Si(g)n City; Chapter 3. ""City with Two Heads""; Chapter 4. What Price Hollywood?; Part III. L.A. Noir; Chapter 5. Bright and Guilty Place; Chapter 6. Neo-Noir; Part IV. Multicultural L.A.; Chapter 7. LAtinos; Chapter 8. bLAcks; Chapter 9. LAsians; Chapter 10. LAnglos and LAGBTs; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author
520	0		_aLand 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.
530			_a2 _ub
650		4	_aCultural pluralism.
650		4	_aHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
650		4	_aLos Angeles (Calif.).
650		4	_aMinorities.
650		4	_aMotion picture industry.
650		4	_aPopular culture.
650		4	_aPopular culture.California.
650		0	_aHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) _xHistory.
650		0	_aPopular culture _zCalifornia _zLos Angeles _xHistory.
650		0	_aMotion picture industry _zCalifornia _zLos Angeles _xHistory.
650		0	_aCultural pluralism _zCalifornia _zLos Angeles _xHistory.
650		0	_aMinorities _zCalifornia _zLos Angeles _xHistory.
650		0	_aLos Angeles (Calif.) _xSocial conditions
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=497597&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hF . B _m2013 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
994			_a02 _bNT
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell