TY - GEN T1 - Land of Smoke and Mirrors : a Cultural History of Los Angeles A1 - Brook, Vincent, 1946- LA - English PP - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn818869299 AB - "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 OP - 301 CN - F869.L857 B76 2013eb SN - 9780813554587 SN - 0813554586 SN - 9780813554570 SN - 0813554578 SN - 9780813554563 SN - 081355456X SN - 9781283717236 SN - 1283717239 KW - Los Angeles (Calif.) : History. KW - Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) : History. KW - Popular culture : California : Los Angeles : History. KW - Los Angeles (Calif.) : In literature. KW - Los Angeles (Calif.) : In motion pictures. KW - Motion picture industry : California : Los Angeles : History. KW - Cultural pluralism : California : Los Angeles : History. KW - Minorities : California : Los Angeles : History. KW - Los Angeles (Calif.) : Social conditions. KW - Culture populaire : Californie : Los Angeles : Histoire. KW - Cinéma : Industrie : Californie : Los Angeles : Histoire. KW - Diversité culturelle : Californie : Los Angeles : Histoire. KW - HISTORY : United States : State & Local : General. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Reference. KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Literature KW - Minorities KW - Motion picture industry KW - Motion pictures KW - Popular culture KW - Social conditions KW - California : Los Angeles KW - California : Los Angeles : Hollywood KW - History ER -