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Author Song, Min, 1970- author.

Title Strange future : pessimism and the 1992 Los Angeles riots / Min Hyoung Song
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 285 pages) : illustrations
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Contents Introduction : when the strange erupts in culture -- Racial geography of Southern California -- The Black body in pain : Rodney King and strange days -- Culture of wounding : the riots and twilight -- Mourning Los Angeles -- A diasporic future? historical trauma and native speaker -- Epilogue : bearers of bad news
Summary Theorizes race and nation in the cultural aftermath of the LA riots
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index
Includes filmography: page 271
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Subject Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992.
Race riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions
Urban poor -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions
Race relations in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
American literature -- Korean American authors -- History and criticism
Pessimism -- Social aspects -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
African Americans -- Social conditions
American literature -- Korean American authors
Ethnicity in literature
Korean Americans -- Social conditions
Race relations
Race relations in literature
Race relations -- Psychological aspects
Race riots
Urban poor -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations
United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects
Subject California -- Los Angeles
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822387497
0822387492