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T.C. Boyle's "The Tortilla Curtain"

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Author: Laura Schomaker
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Urban Conditions, Racism, and Ecological Disaster in Fortress Los Angeles

Master's Thesis, 2013

55 Pages, Grade: 1,1

Laura Schomaker (Author)

Excerpt

1. Introduction

2. Los Angeles: Basic Facts and Figures

3. Los Angeles in Urban Studies
3.1. The L.A. School
3.2. Gates and Walls: The Fortress City
3.3. (The Crossing of) Borders and Boundaries
3.4. L.A.’s Urban Ecology: From Natural Disaster to Environmental Racism

4. T.C. Boyle’s The Tortilla Curtain
4.1. Arroyo Blanco: The Fortress Community
4.2. (The Crossing of) the Tortilla Curtain
4.3. The Juxtaposition of Man and Animal
4.4. The Apocalyptic Denouement through Ecological Disaster

5. Conclusion

6. Works Cited

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Details

Title: T.C. Boyle's "The Tortilla Curtain"
Subtitle: Urban Conditions, Racism, and Ecological Disaster in Fortress Los Angeles
College: University of Duisburg-Essen (Department of Anglophone Studies)
Course: American Studies
Grade: 1,1
Author: Laura Schomaker (Author)
Year: 2013
Pages: 55
Catalog Number: V231712
ISBN (eBook): 9783656487210
ISBN (Book): 9783656491033
File size: 607 KB
Language: English
Keywords: T.C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain, Los Angeles, Urban Studies, Ecological Disaster, Fortress Los Angeles, Fiction, Racism, Urban Conditions, Fortress Mentality, Urban Development, L.A. School, Urban Ecology, Natural Catastrophes, Nature, Fortress City, Environmental Racism, Borders and Boundaries, Gates and Walls, Natural Disaster