Land of Smoke and Mirrors

Land of Smoke and Mirrors
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Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 0813554578
ISBN-13 : 9780813554570
Rating : 4/5 (570 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Land of Smoke and Mirrors by : Vincent Brook

Download or read book Land of Smoke and Mirrors written by Vincent Brook and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land of Smoke and Mirrors looks at greater Los Angeles through the images projected from within and without its geographical and psychological borders. Divided into sections that probe the city's checkered history and reflect on Hollywood's own self reflections, the book offers revealing readings of different types of texts (novelistic, cinematic, event-related, and geographical) to expose how Los Angeles, despite considerable remaining challenges, is blowing away some of the smoke of its not always proud past and rhetorically adjusting its rear-view mirrors.


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