The poetics of Los Angeles: Discussing the hyperreal capital of the world with Wanda Coleman
Born in 1946 in Los Angeles, Wanda Coleman (née Evans) grew up in Watts when it was still a WASP suburb. She witnessed the ‘white flight’ which turned the neighborhood into what many would start to call a ghetto, and experienced the increasing oppressiveness of an urban-led segregation that would a...
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2016
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Born in 1946 in Los Angeles, Wanda Coleman (née Evans) grew up in Watts when it was still a WASP suburb. She witnessed the ‘white flight’ which turned the neighborhood into what many would start to call a ghetto, and experienced the increasing oppressiveness of an urban-led segregation that would affect each area of her life. She lived the Watts rebellion from the inside and witnessed the 1992 riots from further away, but those events crystallized notions of illusion, history and narratives ... |
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