LA rising : Korean relations with Blacks and Latinos after civil unrest /
In LA Rising, Kyeyoung Park revisits the Los Angeles unrest of 1992 and the interethnic and racial tensions that emerged. She examines how structural inequality impacted relations among Koreans, African Americans and Latinos. Park explores how race, citizenship, class and culture were axes of inequa...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2019]
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| Series: | Korean communities across the world.
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| Summary: | In LA Rising, Kyeyoung Park revisits the Los Angeles unrest of 1992 and the interethnic and racial tensions that emerged. She examines how structural inequality impacted relations among Koreans, African Americans and Latinos. Park explores how race, citizenship, class and culture were axes of inequality in a multitiered "racial cartography" that affected how Los Angeles residents thought about and interacted with each other and were emphasized in the processes of social inequality and conflict. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1498577059 9781498577052 |