Mexico on Main Street: Transnational Film Culture in Los Angeles Before World War II
(Part of the Latinidad Series)
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In the early decades of the twentieth-century, Main Street was the heart of Los Angeles's Mexican immigrant community. It was also the hub for an extensive, largely forgotten film culture that thrived in L.A. during the early days of Hollywood. Drawing from rare archives, including the city's Spanish-language newspapers, Colin Gunckel vividly demonstrates how this immigrant community pioneered a practice of transnational media convergence, consuming...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813570751
ISBN13:9780813570754
Release Date:April 2015
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.01 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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