商品簡介
From cultural anthropologist Elisa Parhad, Southern California is a captivating addition to the award-winning Guides for the Eyes series. From beaches and billboards to taco trucks and tract homes, the region's landscape is familiar, but in many ways unknown and misunderstood. As a visual glossary of 100 SoCal icons, the book showcases facets of local identity and style through the regional architecture, design, flora, fauna, food, crafts, folklore, traditions, art, history and landscape.
作者簡介
A cultural anthropologist at heart and by trade, Elisa Parhad is passionate about exploring place, space, design, and culture. After completing Bachelors degrees in Cultural Anthropology and International Business at the University of Texas at Austin, she spent nearly a decade studying American subcultures and communities to inform marketing messaging and advertising campaigns. She lives in Pasadena, California with her husband and two sons. In 2008, Elisa created the Guides for the Eyes series to document and share the local cultures and traditions that enrich us all, wherever we live.
