LEADER 03891nam 2200721 450 001 9910793359403321 005 20230817190956.0 010 $a1-5036-0778-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503607781 035 $a(CKB)4100000007164526 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5602771 035 $a(DE-B1597)563705 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503607781 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5602771 035 $a(OCoLC)1076269155 035 $a(OCoLC)1198931577 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007164526 100 $a20190104d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe border and the line $erace, literature, and Los Angeles /$fDean J. Franco 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$d©2019 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aStanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity 311 $a1-5036-0729-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the borders and lines of social identities -- Redlining and realigning in East L.A. : the neighborhoods of Helena Mari?a Viramontes and Union de Vecinos -- The matter of the neighbor and the property of 'unmitigated blackness' -- 'My neighborhood' : private claims, public space, and Jewish Los Angeles -- Conclusion : love, space, and the grounds of comparative ethnic literature study. 330 $aLos Angeles is a city of borders and lines, from the freeways that transect its neighborhoods to streets like Pico Boulevard that slash across the city from the ocean to the heart of downtown, creating both ethnic enclaves and pathways for interracial connection. Examining neighborhoods in east, south central, and west L.A. - and their imaginative representation by Chicana, African American, and Jewish American writers - this book investigates the moral and political implications of negotiating space. The Border and the Line takes up the central conceit of "the neighbor" to consider how the geography of racial identification and interracial encounters are represented and even made possible by literary language. Dean J. Franco probes how race is formed and transformed in literature and in everyday life, in the works of Helena Mari?a Viramontes, Paul Beatty, James Baldwin, and the writers of the Watts Writers Workshop. Exploring metaphor and metonymy, as well as economic and political circumstance, Franco identifies the potential for reconciliation in the figure of the neighbor, an identity that is grounded by geographical boundaries and which invites their crossing. 410 0$aStanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity. 606 $aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEthnic neighborhoods in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aRace relations in literature 606 $aRace in literature 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xIn literature 610 $aBoyle Heights. 610 $aBudd Schulberg. 610 $aHelena Marķa Viramontes. 610 $aJames Baldwin. 610 $aLos Angeles. 610 $aPaul Beatty. 610 $aWatts Writers Workshop. 610 $aborder. 610 $acomparative race studies. 610 $aeruv. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEthnic neighborhoods in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aRace relations in literature. 615 0$aRace in literature. 676 $a810.9920693 700 $aFranco$b Dean J.$f1968-$01546450 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793359403321 996 $aThe border and the line$93841036 997 $aUNINA