Mexico on Main Street: Transnational Film Culture in Los Angeles Before World War II

by Colin Gunckel

Book Overview

In the early decades of the twentieth-century, Main Street was the heart of Los Angeles's Mexican immigrant community. It was also the hub for an extensive, largely forgotten film culture that thrived in L.A. during the early days of Hollywood. Drawing from rare archives, including the city's Spanish-language newspapers, Colin Gunckel vividly demonstrates how this immigrant community pioneered a practice of transnational media convergence, consuming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813570751
• ISBN13: 9780813570754
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"