"Motion picture industry California Los Angeles History." . . "Literature" . . "Literature." . "Los Angeles, Calif." . . "Los Angeles (Calif.)" . "HOLLYWOOD." . . "LOS ANGELES IN FILMS/USA." . . "Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)" . . "ASIANS IN FILMS/USA." . . "Minorities" . . "Minorities." . "HISTORY United States State & Local General." . . "California" . . "BLACKS IN FILMS/USA." . . "Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions." . . "INDUSTRY, FILM/USA." . . "FILM NOIR/USA." . . "Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History." . . "Cultural pluralism California Los Angeles History." . . "Cultural pluralism" . . "Cultural pluralism." . "Geschichte." . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . "Land of smoke and mirrors a cultural history of Los Angeles" . "Land of smoke and mirrors a cultural history of Los Angeles"@en . . . . "Livres électroniques" . "\"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\"--Provided by publisher."@en . . "Land of smoke and mirrors : a cultural history of Los Angeles"@en . "Land of smoke and mirrors : a cultural history of Los Angeles" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Popular culture" . . "Popular culture." . "Social conditions." . . "PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference." . . "Motion pictures" . . "Motion pictures." . "Motion picture industry" . . "Motion picture industry." . . . "Minorities California Los Angeles History." . . "LATIN AMERICANS IN FILMS/USA." . . "Popular culture California Los Angeles History." . . "Kultur." . .