The History of Forgetting

Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory

By: Norman M. Klein

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Paperback | 1 August 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Los Angeles is a city which has long thrived on the continual re-creation ofown myth. In this extraordinary and original work, Norman Klein examines theprocess of memory erasure in LA. Using a provocative mixture of fact andfiction, the book takes us on an 'anti-tour' of downtown LA, examines life forVietnamese immigrants in the City of Dreams, imagines Walter Benjamin as a LosAngeleno, and finally looks at the way information technology has recreated thecity, turning cyberspace into the last suburb.

In this new edition, Norman Klein examines new models for erasure in LA. Heexplores the evolution of the Latino majority, how the Pacific economy ischanging the structure of urban life, the impact of collapsing infrastructurein the city, and the restructuring of those very districts that had been 'forgotten'.

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"Klein clearly follows in (Mike) Davis's wake, but develops a distinctive focus on the erasure of memory in and about the city." Times Literary Supplement"

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