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Category Archive: leisure

The Wide World of Tropics of Meta

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ToM’s audience has steadily grown for years, ever since it was invented in a humble Palo Alto garage […]

Alex Sayf Cummings August 9, 2017 leisure

Black History Month, Part I: “Fighting for Leisure” in Los Angeles

Over the past five years, ToM has spent a great deal of time investigating issues of race. While […]

Guest February 8, 2016 1920s, 1930s, African American history, beaches, California, civil rights, leisure, Los Angeles, Uncategorized

Surfing for Freedom: Black Surfers and Reclaiming Cultural History in Los Angeles

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In 1991’s surfing bromance “Point Break,” former Big Ten quarterback and F.B.I. agent Johnny Utah infiltrates a notorious […]

Ryan Reft February 9, 2015 1940s, 1950s, African American history, California, cities, leisure, Los Angeles, Popular culture, race, sports, Uncategorized, whiteness

Not Bowling Alone: How the Holiday Bowl in Crenshaw Became an Integrated Leisure Space

In May 2000, the New York Times reported the upcoming demolition of the Crenshaw District’s Holiday Bowl. Built […]

Ryan Reft July 29, 2014 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, African American history, American Studies, Asian American history, Asian Americans, built environment, California, cities, leisure, Los Angeles, multiculturalism, Popular culture, sports, Uncategorized

Fighting for Leisure: African Americans, Beaches, and Civil Rights in Early 20th Century L.A.

“These people worked on the railroad, they saved their money, they put up a resort, and they lost […]

Ryan Reft July 3, 2014 1920s, African American history, beaches, California, leisure, Los Angeles, Uncategorized, urban studies

1181 Durfee Avenue: 1983 to 1986

Between the fourth and sixth grades, you are seized by three deep and compulsive obsessions:             Marvel comic […]

South El Monte Arts Posse December 18, 2013 East of East, leisure, Los Angeles, memory, SEMAP

Making Place: Mapping South El Monte and El Monte

South El Monte Arts Posse’s upcoming project “East of East: Mapping Community Narratives in South El Monte and […]

South El Monte Arts Posse September 11, 2013 arts, California, East of East, immigration, leisure, Mexican Americans, Mexico, music, race, SEMAP

Waters of Community, Waters of Hostility: The Messy History of Urban America and the Municipal Pool

[Editor’s Note: Just in time for summer heat waves, this is the first in a series of posts […]

Ryan Reft July 15, 2013 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, American Studies, Chicago, class, gender, leisure, New York, Popular culture, sexuality, urban studies, whiteness

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