L.A. Chic: A Locational History of Los Angeles Fashion - Couverture souple

Ingram, Susan; Reisenleitner, Markus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783209348 ISBN 13 : 9781783209347

Editeur : Intellect Books, 2018

Synopsis

Los Angeles is undergoing a makeover. Leaving behind its image as all freeways and suburbs, sunshine and noir, it is reinventing itself for the twenty-first century as a walkable, pedestrian friendly, ecologically healthy and global urban hotspot of fashion and style, while driving initiatives to rejuvenate its downtown core, public spaces and ethnic neighborhoods. By providing a locational history of Los Angeles fashion and style mythologies through the lens of institutions such as manufacturing, museums and designers and readings of contemporary film, literature and new media, L.A. Chic provides an in-depth analysis of the social changes, urban processes, desires and politics that inform how the good life is being re-imagined in Los Angeles. Throughout the book, Susan Ingram and Markus Reisenleitner dig up submerged and marginalized elements of the city's cultural history but also tap into the global circuits of urban affect that are being mobilized for promoting L.A. as an example for the global, multi-ethnic city of the future. Engagingly written, highly visual and featuring numerous photographs throughout, L.A. Chic will appeal to any culturally inclined reader with an interest in Los Angeles, its cultural history and modern urban style.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Susan Ingram is associate professor of humanities at York University.

Markus Reisenleitner is professor in the Department of Humanities at York University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Intellect Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783209348
• ISBN 13: 9781783209347
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 234
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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