Mapping Space and Race in The Los Angeles Times (1880–1932)
摘要
The turn of the twentieth century in California, Los Angeles, was a period of “alien” immigration to the “Land of Sunshine” as Los Angeles was promoted in the press of the time. Yet, various histories disclose how race demarcated space and how race and space were represented through pieces of news, stories, and cartoons by the Californian periodicals. When it became convenient, people belonging to different ethnic groups were featured in the white press as positive guys; but when it served political or local purposes, they became “scoundrels” and “peril.” The chapter will focus on various representations of Chinese, Japanese, and Mexican immigrants by the major periodical, The Los Angeles Times, between 1880 and 1932, as opposed to the representation of the white inhabitants of the town.