Klein, Norman M.,  1945- <br/><br/>
The history of forgetting :  Los Angeles and the erasure of memory / 
Norman M. Klein. 
 - 330 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - The haymarket series. .
 - Haymarket series. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Histories of forgetting -- Part I. Building the social imaginary: 1885-1997: 1. Booster myths, urban erasure -- 2. L.A. noir and forgetting -- 3. Building Blade Runner -- 4. Movie locations: Unsprung ; Falling down ; City of lights -- 5. The panic: imagined fears after April 1992 -- 6. Two neighborhoods. -- Part II. Imaginary Vietnamese in Los Angeles: 7. Stories in an English I don't speak: a novel. -- Part III. Docufables: 8. Witnesses after the fact -- 9. Fictions: Asi es la vida ; The phoenix tree ; The unreliable narrator ; Noir as the ruins of the left. -- Part IV. Forgetting the screen: 10. The most photographed and least remembered city in the world -- 11. The imaginary LAPD. -- Part V. Conclusion: 12. Suburban noir and cyberspace. -- Appendix: Where is forgetting located? -- Afterward: Borges' father. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1859848206 9781859848203 1859841759 9781859841754 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Memory.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Los Angeles (Calif.)--History<br/>Los Angeles (Calif.)--Civilization--20th century.<br/>Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F869.L857  / K58 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>979.494