Anthropology of Los Angeles
Place and Agency in an Urban Setting
Contributions by Maryann Aguirre, Beth F. Baker, Jenny Banh, Nathalie Boucher, Charles Joseph, Melissa King, Andrea Lepage, Adonia E. Lugo, Allison Mattheis, Yolanda T. Moses, ChorSwang Ngin, Jocelyn A. Pacleb, Kyeyoung Park, James Diego Vigil, George Villanueva, Natale A. Zappia Edited by Jenny Banh, Melissa King
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Publication date:
23 January 2017Length of book:
260 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498528542
The Anthropology of Los Angeles: Place and Agency in an Urban Setting questions the production and representations of L.A. by revealing the gray spaces between the real and imagined city. Contributors to this urban ethnography document hidden histories that connect daily actors within cultural systems to global social formations. This diverse collection is recommended for scholars of anthropology, history, sociology, race studies, gender studies, food studies, Latin American studies, and Asian studies.
This important collection on Los Angeles exposes the formation of contradictions in the fabric of society, the diversity of communities, and the ongoing struggles to overcome the myriad dimensions of the inequalities that exist today.