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The History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory

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The History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory - Klein, Norman M
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Analysis, photography, and fiction combine in a bracing portrait of LA. Los Angeles is a city which has long thrived on the continual re-creation of its own myth. In this extraordinary and original work, Norman Klein examines the process of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact and fiction, the book takes us on an "anti-tour" of LA, examines life for Vietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a Los Angeleno, and finally looks at the way information technology has re-created ...

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The History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory 2008, Verso, London, England

ISBN-13: 9781844672424

Updated, 2008 edition

Trade paperback

The History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory 2008, Verso, London, England

ISBN-13: 9781844672417

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The History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory 1997, Verso, London, England

ISBN-13: 9781859841754

Trade paperback