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Southern California and the World
Eric J. Heikkila, ed., Rafael Pizarro
ISBN:
0-275-97112-0
ISBN-13:
978-0-275-97112-0
DOI:
DOI:10.1336/0275971120
240 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication:
10/30/2002
List Price:
$98.95
(
UK Sterling Price: £68.95
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Availability:
In Stock
Media Type:
Hardcover
Also Available:
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Trim Size:
6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Sociology
»
Urban Studies
Political Science
»
Public Policy
History
»
Geography
Description:
As underscored by the emergence of the Los Angeles school of contemporary urban studies, the Southern California experience—its popular culture, politics, economics, spatial structure, ethnic diversity, technologies, and lifestyles—has an impact and relevance well beyond it own immediate geographic setting. This book explores the parallel and interlinked constructions of identities, imaginations, and activities in and between Southern California and the world beyond. In particular, the volume shows how the local and global are interfused with one another, making it evident that the connections involve more than a process of globalization.
Approaching the subject from three perspectives, the volume considers how the Southern Californian way of life—as reflected through entertainment, politics, legal institutions, technology, cultural trends—influences the lifestyles of other parts of the world; how Southern California, as a primary repository of peoples and cultures from throughout the world, absorbs and transforms this living diaspora of foreign cultures into something that is uniquely Southern Californian; and how Southern California functions as a major nexus within a global network of linked activities and the special roles of Southern California within the context of these global networks. The book provides a panoramic and stimulating perspective on the multiplexed connectivities between global phenomena and the Southern California experience.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
by Eric Heikkila and Rafael Pizarro
Southern California as a Nexus
to
the World
Globalization, Digitalization, and Hollywood by Michael Clough
The Wolf at the Door: Hollywood and the Film Market in China
by Stanley Rosen
Making the Most of Southern California's Global Engagement
by Gregory F. Treverton
Southern California as a Microcosm
of
the World
Religious Dimensions of the Immigrant Experience in Southern California
by Donald E. Miller, John Miller, and Grace Dyrness
The Third World in Los Angeles; A Metaphor Within a Metaphor
by Tridib Banerjee and Niraj Verma
Southern California's Projection
into
the World
Global Networks, Civil Society, and the Transformation of the Urban Core in Quanzhou, China
by Michael Leaf and Daniel Abramson
Exporting the Dream: Hollywood Cinema and Latin American Suburbia by Rafael
Orange County, Java: Hybridity,
Social Darwinism, and an Imagined West
by Robert Cowherd and Eric Heikkila
About the Author:
ERIC J. HEIKKILA is Associate Professor at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development.
RAFAEL PIZARRO is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California.
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