A people's guide to Los Angeles

Laura Pulido, Laura Barraclough, Wendy Cheng

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39 Scopus citations

Abstract

A People's Guide to Los Angeles offers an assortment of eye-opening alternatives to L.A.'s usual tourist destinations. It documents 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related to race, class, gender, and sexuality have occurred. They introduce us to people and events usually ignored by mainstream media and, in the process, create a fresh history of Los Angeles. Roughly dividing the city into six regions-North Los Angeles, the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley, South Los Angeles, Long Beach and the Harbor, the Westside, and the San Fernando Valley-this illuminating guide shows how power operates in the shaping of places, and how it remains embedded in the landscape.

Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN (Print)9780520270817
StatePublished - Apr 23 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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