From Tinseltown to Bordertown: Los Angeles on Film

by Celestino Deleyto

Close readings that look for "the real Los Angeles" in a selection of contemporary movies.

Los Angeles is a global metropolis whose history and social narrative is linked to one of its top exports: cinema. L.A. appears on screen more than almost any city since Hollywood and is home to the American film industry. Historically, conversations of social and racial homogeneity have dominated the construction of Los Angeles as a cosmopolitan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814339859
• ISBN13: 9780814339855
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"