The Border and the Line: Race, Literature, and Los Angeles

by Dean Franco

Book Overview

Los Angeles is a city of borders and lines, from the freeways that transect its neighborhoods to streets like Pico Boulevard that slash across the city from the ocean to the heart of downtown, creating both ethnic enclaves and pathways for interracial connection. Examining neighborhoods in east, south central, and west L.A.-and their imaginative representation by Chicana, African American, and Jewish American writers-this book investigates the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503607771
• ISBN13: 9781503607774
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"