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Anthropology of Los Angeles : Place and Agency in an Urban Setting.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (261 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498528542
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anthropology of Los AngelesDDC classification:
  • 301.0979494
LOC classification:
  • HN80.L7.A584 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Hauntings of a Different Kind -- Chapter Two: Bicycle Anthropology of Los Angeles -- Chapter Three: The People in Los Angeles Public Spaces Are Not Dead -- Chapter Four: Embodying Democratic Spaces -- Chapter Five: Analysis of Latino-Korean Relations in the Workplace -- Chapter Six: Memory -- Chapter Seven: Multiple Ways of Knowing -- Chapter Eight: Making Space -- Chapter Nine: Agro-Ethnic Landscapes of Los Angeles -- Chapter Ten: A Conversation with Diego Vigil, a Los Angeles Pioneer Anthropologist -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: The Anthropology of Los Angeles: Place and Agency in an Urban Setting questions the production and representations of both the real and imagined L.A. by documenting hidden histories that portray a collision of elements, including race, class, gender, identity, food, and space.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Hauntings of a Different Kind -- Chapter Two: Bicycle Anthropology of Los Angeles -- Chapter Three: The People in Los Angeles Public Spaces Are Not Dead -- Chapter Four: Embodying Democratic Spaces -- Chapter Five: Analysis of Latino-Korean Relations in the Workplace -- Chapter Six: Memory -- Chapter Seven: Multiple Ways of Knowing -- Chapter Eight: Making Space -- Chapter Nine: Agro-Ethnic Landscapes of Los Angeles -- Chapter Ten: A Conversation with Diego Vigil, a Los Angeles Pioneer Anthropologist -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors.

The Anthropology of Los Angeles: Place and Agency in an Urban Setting questions the production and representations of both the real and imagined L.A. by documenting hidden histories that portray a collision of elements, including race, class, gender, identity, food, and space.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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