Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles

by Andrew Deener

Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions. There, people of various races and classes live side by side, a population of astounding diversity bound together by geographic proximity. From street to street, and from block to block, million dollar homes stand near housing projects and homeless encampments; and upscale boutiques are just a short walk from the (in)famous Venice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226140016
• ISBN13: 9780226140018
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"