This important collection on Los Angeles exposes the formation of contradictions in the fabric of society, the diversity of communities, and the ongoing struggles to overcome the myriad dimensions of the inequalities that exist today.
— Thomas Patterson, University of California, Riverside
This book is a must-read in the growing body of literature on postmodern Los Angeles. It offers a broad range of Angeleno experiences that challenge urban anthropology's canon with scholarship that centers on the people, and that intersects with the studies of ethnic landscapes of race, class, and gender.
— Herbert G. Ruffin II, Syracuse University; author of Uninvited Neighbors: African Americans in Silicon Valley, 1769-1990