| Book Review | Western Historical Quarterly, 32.1

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Book Review

Landscapes of Desire: Anglo Mythologies of Los Angeles. By William Alexander McClung. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. xx + 277 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical notes, index. £21.95; $35.00.)

In Landscapes of Desire: Anglo Mythologies of Los Angeles, William Alexander McClung, a professor of English, analyzes the history of Anglo representations of Los Angeles produced from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-1980s. Besides major literary works, McClung also critiques photographs, maps, buildings, advertisements, and icons (including the Hollywood sign), and their (mis)interpretations by critics who have generally reacted less than favorably to the city and its cultural productions. McClung argues that the city's historical images fall into two conflicting categories: an Arcadia (unspoiled nature) or a Utopia (empty space ready for development). The city grew out of the effort to improve upon the imagined Arcadia, which only created frustrations because the transformation to Utopia was never complete. . . .

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