Bohemian Los Angeles
And the Making of Modern Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23150296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Hurewitz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 377 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Bohemian Los Angeles (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/california/9780520249257.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4255947584 |
| ISBN | 9780520249257 |
| Open Library | OL7712261M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This book brings to life a vibrant and all-but-forgotten milieu of artists, leftists, and gay men and women whose story played out over the first half of the twentieth century and continues to shape the entire American landscape. It is the story of a hidden corner of Los Angeles, where the personal first became the political, where the nation’s first enduring gay rights movement emerged, and where the broad spectrum of what we now think of as identity politics was born. Portraying life over a period of more than forty years in the hilly enclave of Edendale, near downtown Los Angeles, the book considers the work of painters and printmakers, looks inside the Communist Party’s intimate cultural scene, and examines the social world of gay men. In this vivid narrative, it discovers why and how these communities, inspiring both one another and the city as a whole, transformed American notions of political identity with their ideas about self-expression, political engagement, and race relations.
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Communism · Downtown · Identity (music) · Literature · Narrative · Painting · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Sociology · European history and politics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law · 20th century · Artists · Bürgerrechtsbewegung · California · Community life · Cultural pluralism · Gay & Lesbian Studies · Gay Studies · Historia · History - General History · History - U.S · History: American · Homosexuella · Intellectual life · Intellektuellt liv · los angeles · Los angeles (calif.) · Pluralism (Social sciences) · Political activists · Politics & Government · politics and government · Politische Beteiligung · Social conditions · Social history · Sociala förhållanden · Soziale Situation · united states · United States - General · United States - State & Local - General · United States - State & Local - West
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2018 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |