Anthropology of Los Angeles: Place and Agency in an Urban Setting

Jenny Banh; Melissa King

doi:10.5771/9781498528542

Summary

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.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2017
Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-2853-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-2854-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 241
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
Chapter One: Hauntings of a Different Kind No access Pages 1 - 20
Chapter Two: Bicycle Anthropology of Los Angeles No access Pages 21 - 44
Chapter Three: The People in Los Angeles Public Spaces Are Not Dead No access Pages 45 - 72
Chapter Four: Embodying Democratic Spaces No access Pages 73 - 98
Chapter Five: Analysis of Latino-Korean Relations in the Workplace No access Pages 99 - 126
Chapter Six: Memory No access Pages 127 - 148
Chapter Seven: Multiple Ways of Knowing No access Pages 149 - 176
Chapter Eight: Making Space No access Pages 177 - 194
Chapter Nine: Agro-Ethnic Landscapes of Los Angeles No access Pages 195 - 214
Chapter Ten: A Conversation with Diego Vigil, a Los Angeles Pioneer Anthropologist No access Pages 215 - 230
Conclusion No access Pages 231 - 234
Index No access Pages 235 - 236
About the Contributors No access Pages 237 - 241