Postborder City: Cultural Spaces of Bajalta California - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415944201 ISBN 13: 9780415944205

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

The postborder metropolis of Bajalta California stretches from Los Angeles in the north to Tijuana and Mexicali in the south. Immigrants from all over the globe flock to Southern California, while corporations are drawn to the low wage industry of the Mexican border towns, echoing developments in other rapid growth areas such as Phoenix, El Paso, and San Antonio. This incredibly diverse, transnational megacity is giving birth to new cultural and artistic forms as it rapidly evolves into something unique in the world. Postborder City is a genuinely interdisciplinary investigation of the hybrid culture on both sides of the increasingly fluid U. S.-Mexico border, spanning the disciplines of art and art history, urban planning, geography, Latina/o studies, and American studies.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Dear is Professor of Geography and Director of the Southern California Studies Center at USC.

Gustavo LeClerc is partner and founding member of ADOBE LA (Artists, Architects and Designers Opening the Border Edge of Los Angeles) since 1992.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415944201
• ISBN 13: 9780415944205
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Dear Michael