Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments-- 1. Introduction: The Sons and Daughters of Los / David E. James
  • 2. Peripheral Outlaws: Beyond Baroque and the Los Angeles Poetry Renaissance / Bill Mohr
  • 3. The Los Angeles Woman's Building and the Feminist Art Community, 1973-1991 / Laura Meyer
  • 4. Fortifying Community: African American History and Culture in Leimert Park / Eric Gordon
  • 5. Considering the Art World Alternatives: LACE and Community Formation in Los Angeles / Claudine Isé
  • 6. Not History: Remarks on the Foundation for Art Resources, 1977-1998 / Sande Cohen
  • 7. Highways Performance Space: Communities-in-Transit / Meiling Cheng
  • 8. Signifying Nations: Cultural Institutions and the Korean Community in Los Angeles / Jiwon Ahn
  • 9. All Over the Map: A History of L.A. Freewaves / James M. Moran
  • 10. Self-Help Graphics: Tomás Benitez Talks to Harry Gamboa Jr.
  • 11. Unorthodox Mystics: Swans That Flock to the Vedanta Society of Southern California / Nithila Peter
  • 12. Popular Cinemas in Los Angeles: The Case of Visual Communications / David E. James
  • About the Contributors
  • Back Matter