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Author Franco, Dean J., 1968- author.

Title The Border and the Line : Race, Literature, and Los Angeles / Dean J. Franco
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrations
Series Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity
Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: The Borders and Lines of Social Identities; 1 Redlining and Realigning in East L.A.: The Neighborhoods of Helena María Viramontes and Union de Vecinos; 2 The Matter of the Neighbor and the Property of "Unmitigated Blackness"; 3 My Neighborhood: Private Claims, Public Space, and Jewish Los Angeles; CONCLUSION: Love, Space, and the Grounds of Comparative Ethnic Literature Study; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary 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 moral and political implications of negotiating space. The Border and the Line takes up the central conceit of "the neighbor" to consider how the geography of racial identification and interracial encounters are represented and even made possible by literary language. Dean J. Franco probes how race is formed and transformed in literature and in everyday life, in the works of Helena María Viramontes, Paul Beatty, James Baldwin, and the writers of the Watts Writers Workshop. Exploring metaphor and metonymy, as well as economic and political circumstance, Franco identifies the potential for reconciliation in the figure of the neighbor, an identity that is grounded by geographical boundaries and which invites their crossing
Analysis Boyle Heights
Budd Schulberg
Helena María Viramontes
James Baldwin
Los Angeles
Paul Beatty
Watts Writers Workshop
border
comparative race studies
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed November 28, 2018)
Subject American literature -- California -- Los Angeles -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism
American literature -- California -- Los Angeles -- African American authors -- History and criticism
American literature -- California -- Los Angeles -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
American literature -- African American authors
American literature -- Hispanic American authors
American literature -- Jewish authors
Minderheitenliteratur
Grenze Motiv
Ethnische Beziehungen
Nachbarschaft
Ethnische Beziehungen Motiv
Ethnische Identität Motiv
Literatur
Rasse Motiv
California -- Los Angeles
USA
Los Angeles, Calif.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018015538
ISBN 9781503607781
150360778X