Postborder City : Cultural Spaces of Bajalta California

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. The vast metropolis stretching from Los Angeles in the north to Tijuana and Mexicali in the south heralds a new form -- the postborder city. Comprised of both Baja California (Mexico) and Alta California (Southern California), "Bajalta California" is now a milieu of constantly shifting and intersecting geographies, economies, and cultures. While cross-border exchange has existed for well over a century, in recent years the accelerating currents of cultural and economic globalization have hastened the emergence of this transnational megalopolis. Postborder City is an interdisciplinary investigation of the hybrid culture on both sides of the increasingly fluid U.S-Mexico border, spanning the disciplines of art, film studies, art history, urban planning, geography, and Latina/o and American studies.In their exploration of this emergent postborder movement, Dear and Leclerc focus in particular on the relationships between urbanization and contemporary cultural production. Postborder City concludes with the idea that the "transcendental, transnational aesthetic" being produced within contemporary Bajalta holds the promise for a wider reflection of the politics of cultural representation in an increasingly post-national world. This Title Concerns The Postborder Metropolis Of Bajalta, California, Which Stretches From Los Angeles In The North To Tijuana And Mexicali In The South. Immigrants Flock To Southern California, While Corporations Are Drawn To The Low Wage Industry Of The Mexican Border Towns. Introduction : The Postborder Condition : Art And Urbanism In Bajalta California / Michael Dear And Gustavo Leclerc -- Where Are You Going To Be Worthier? (the Border And The Postborder) / Carlos Monsiváis -- Peopling Alta California / Phoebe S. Kropp And Michael Dear -- Peopling Baja California / Héctor Manuel Lucero -- Global Tijuana : The Seven Ecologies Of The Border / Lawrence A. Herzog -- Border Art Since 1965 / Jo-anne Berelowitz -- Border Representations : Border Cinema And Independent Video / Norma Iglesias -- Where Am I At Home? : The Interplay Of National, Local, And Imaginative Space / Richard Cándida Smith -- Hybridities And Histories : Imaging The Rim / David Palumbo-liu -- Rewriting Cultural Studies In The Borderlands -- Néstor García Canclini. Edited By Michael Dear And Gustavo Leclerc ; With Contributions By Jo-anne Berelowitz ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The postborder metropolis of Bajalta California stretches from Los Angeles in the north to Tijuana and Mexicali in the south. Immigrants from all over the globe flock to Southern California, while corporations are drawn to the low wage industry of the Mexican border towns, echoing developments in other rapid growth areas such as Phoenix, El Paso, and San Antonio. This incredibly diverse, transnational megacity is giving birth to new cultural and artistic forms as it rapidly evolves into something unique in the world. Postborder City is a genuinely interdisciplinary investigation of the hybrid culture on both sides of the increasingly fluid U. S.-Mexico border, spanning the disciplines of art and art history, urban planning, geography, Latina/o studies, and American studies. Introduction : the postborder condition : art and urbanism in Bajalta California / Michael Dear & Gustavo Leclerc "Where are you going to be worthier?" (the border and the postborder) / Carlos Monsiváis Peopling Alta California / Phoebe Kropp & Michael Dear Peopling Baja California / Hector Manuel Lucero Global Tijuana : seven ecologies of the border / Lawrence Herzog Border art since 1965 / Jo-Anne Berelowitz Border representations : frontier cinema and independent video / Norma Iglesias 'Where am I at home?' the interplay of national, local, and imaginative space / Richard Cándida Smith Hybridities and histories : imaging the rim / David Palumbo-Liu Rewriting cultural studies in the borderlands Néstor García Canclini.