TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brook,Vincent
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Land of smoke and mirrors: a cultural history of Los Angeles 
SN  - 9780813554587
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - California
KW  - Los Angeles
KW  - Los Angeles (Calif.)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Motion picture industry
KW  - History
KW  - Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Original si(g)n. The Ramona myth -- Ramona revisited -- Si(g)n city -- "City with two heads" -- What price Hollywood? -- L.A. noir. Bright and guilty place -- Neo-noir. Multicultural L.A. Latinos -- bLAcks -- LAsians -- LAanglos and LAgbts -- Conclusion
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813554587/
ER  -