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Strange future : pessimism and the 1992 Los Angeles riots / Min Hyoung Song.

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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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