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Bezig met laden... Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles (2015)door David L. Ulin
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In Sidewalking, David L. Ulin offers a compelling inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. Part personal narrative, part investigation of the city as both idea and environment, Sidewalking is many things: a discussion of Los Angeles as urban space, a history of the city's built environment, a meditation on the author's relationship to the city, and a rumination on the art of urban walking. Exploring Los Angeles through the soles of his feet, Ulin gets at the experience of its street life, drawing from urban theory, pop culture, and literature. For readers interested in the culture of Los Angeles, this book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, and engage with, the city on its own terms. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Ulin is a New Yorker who has lived in LA for much of his adult life so he does speak with some authority about historical change in the area but he is also quick to dismiss much about which is singular to Los Angeles. He says, "...in New York, we take urbanity for granted,whereas in Los Angeles, we are still learning its vernacular." That may be true but you don't need New York to conceive of what Los Angeles actually is. The city is much newer that New York but grew independently of what happened on the east coast. Ulin wants to force a similar development of Los Angeles from that already undergone by New York. All New Yorkers want that, just like the English want New York to be London. Who cares? Different strokes for different folks. This book is frustrating since it's resigned to LA being a New York copy, a fake copy that all of New York can laugh at. I'll keep this book since I consider it my hobby to see what is written about Los Angeles, but you don't have to waste time reading it.