The Other Side: Notes from the New L.A., Mexico City, and Beyond
by Rubén Martínez
Haymarket Series (1992)
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Stories from the front line of the war in El Salvador are juxtaposed with tales of Hollywood-mythological childhood, and the history of Los Angeles, the city-stage where today many of the world's political, cultural and aesthetic battles take place--both symbolically and literally. The parade of characters ranges from Latin American revolutionaries in exile to hip-hop teens in the US inner city; the endless "changing of the guard" in a transitional generation which came too late for Che show more Guevara and too early for the fall of the Berlin Wall. In scenes from Mexico City, Havana, Tijuana and Los Angeles. Martinez profiles the young guerillas-turned-relief workers of the 1986 Salvadorean earthquake, devotees of an innovative Latino "rocanrol", graffiti gangs and their nightly "bombing runs", and the vibrancy of youth culture in the barrios. show lessTags
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Ruben Martinez, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and poet, is associate editor at Pacific News Service and a correspondent for PBS's religion and ethics news weekly. Author of The Other Side, he has appeared as a commentator on Nightline, Frontline and CNN. He lives in Los Angeles. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Other Side: Notes from the New L.A., Mexico City, and Beyond
- Original title
- The Other Side: Fault Lines, Guerrilla Saints, and the True Heart of Rock'n' Roll
- Original publication date
- 1992 (Verso) (Verso); 1993 (Vintage Books) (Vintage Books)
- Important places
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Full title (1992): The other side : fault lines, guerrilla saints, and the true heart of rock 'n' roll / Rubén Martínez; 1993 edition has title: ... (show all)ref="http://lccn.loc.gov/92050704" rel="nofollow" target="_new">The other side : notes from the new L.A., Mexico City, and beyond / Rubén Martínez
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History, Travel, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 979.4 — History & geography History of North America Great Basin and Pacific Slope region of United States California
- LCC
- F869 .L89 .S756 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history California
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- English
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- Paper
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