Bohemian Los Angeles and the making of modern politics / Daniel Hurewitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurewitz, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life.

History.

Political activists.

Artists.

Cultural pluralism.

Edendale (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Edendale (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Edendale (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Edendale (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Cultural pluralism--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Artists--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Political activists--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Community life--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century.

California--Los Angeles.

Physical Description:

x, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: Traversing the Hills of Edendale 1

Prologue: A World Left Behind 21

1 "A Most Lascivious Picture of Impatient Desire" 41

2 Together against the World: Self, Community, and Expression among the Artists of Edendale 77

3 1930s Containment: Identity by State Dictate 115

4 Left of Edendale: The Deep Politics of Communist Community 151

5 The United Nations in a City: Racial Ideas in Edendale, on the Left, and in Wartime Los Angeles 189

6 Getting Some Identity: Mattachine and the Politics of Sexual Identity Construction 231

Conclusion: The Struggle of Identity Politics 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-341) and index.

ISBN:

0520249259

9780520249257

OCLC:

70114418

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