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Strange future : pessimism and the 1992 Los Angeles riots / Min Hyoung Song.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Song, Min, 1970-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race riots--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
- Race riots.
- Korean Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
- Korean Americans.
- African Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Urban poor--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.
- Urban poor.
- Race relations in literature.
- Ethnicity in literature.
- American literature--Korean American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Pessimism--Social aspects--United States.
- Pessimism.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- United States--Race relations--Psychological aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Theorizes race and nation in the cultural aftermath of the LA riots.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and index.
- Includes filmography: p. [271].
- ISBN:
- 9780822387497
- 0822387492
- OCLC:
- 226068313
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