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Author:
Song, Min, 1970- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99024857
Title:
Strange future : pessimism and the 1992 Los Angeles riots / Min Hyoung Song.
Publisher:
Duke University Press,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
xii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.
Race riots--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Korean Americans--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
African Americans--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
Urban poor--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
Race relations in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
United States--Psychological aspects.--Psychological aspects.
Pessimism--Social aspects--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-270) and index. Includes filmography: page [271].
Contents:
Introduction : when the strange erupts in culture -- Racial geography of Southern California -- The Black body in pain : Rodney King and strange days -- Culture of wounding : the riots and twilight -- Mourning Los Angeles -- A diasporic future? historical trauma and native speaker -- Epilogue : bearers of bad news.
ISBN:
9780822335924
0822335921
9780822335795
0822335794
OCLC:
(OCoLC)58478624
LCCN:
2005006511
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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