Imagining Transit

Race, Gender, and Transportation Politics in Los Angeles

Sikivu Hutchinson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

227 Seiten

2003
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-5586-0 (ISBN)

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Using an analysis of the history of Los Angeles's streetcar and highway systems, Sikivu Hutchinson argues that the cultural geography of transportation has had a compelling influence upon the construction of race, gender, and urban subjectivity in the postmodern city. She highlights the influence of American anti-urbanism upon visions of the city during the Great Migration and World War II eras. Proceeding from the premise that the creation of city spaces are informed by collective cultural memory, Hutchinson explores how the decline of public transportation and the rise of the automobile have shaped African American communities and cultures in Los Angeles.

The Author: Sikivu Hutchinson is a policy analyst for the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, District 1. She has taught at UCLA, Seattle University, and Western Washington University and she is the founder of the Women's Leadership Project, a feminist mentoring program for middle school girls in southwest Los Angeles.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.2.2003
Reihe/Serie	Travel Writing Across the Disciplines ; 2
Reihe/Serie	Travel Writing Across the Disciplines ; 2
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-8204-5586-5 / 0820455865
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-5586-0 / 9780820455860
Zustand	Neuware