
The History of Forgetting
Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory
Norman M. Klein(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 17. August 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
342 pages
978-1-84467-242-4 (ISBN)
Description
Los Angeles is a city which has long thrived on the continual re-creation of own myth. In this extraordinary and original work, Norman Klein examines the process of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact and fiction, the book takes us on an 'anti-tour' of downtown LA, examines life for Vietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a Los Angeleno, and finally looks at the way information technology has recreated the city, turning cyberspace into the last suburb.
In this new edition, Norman Klein examines new models for erasure in LA. He explores the evolution of the Latino majority, how the Pacific economy is changing the structure of urban life, the impact of collapsing infrastructure in the city, and the restructuring of those very districts that had been 'forgotten'.
In this new edition, Norman Klein examines new models for erasure in LA. He explores the evolution of the Latino majority, how the Pacific economy is changing the structure of urban life, the impact of collapsing infrastructure in the city, and the restructuring of those very districts that had been 'forgotten'.
Reviews / Votes
Klein clearly follows in Mike Davis's wake, but develops a distinctive focus on the erasure of memory in and about the city. * Times Literary Supplement * Klein is a fine stylist, an engaging historian-his account of the way noir shaped the city is strikingly fresh. * New Scientist * Norman Klein is full of ideas, brilliantly and beautifully expressed. * Journal of American History *More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-242-4 (9781844672424)
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Person
Norman M. Klein is a critic and historian of mass culture, editor of Fragile Moments: A History of Media-Induced Experience, and author of Seven Minutes: The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon from Verso. He teaches at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles.