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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826246603321

Autore

Yang Mina

Titolo

California polyphony : ethnic voices, musical crossroads / / Mina Yang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2008

ISBN

1-283-15561-3

9786613155610

0-252-09297-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Music in American life

Disciplina

780.9794

Soggetti

Music - California - History and criticism

Ethnicity in music

Popular music - Social aspects - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The early history of California cultural and musical life -- The transpacific gaze: orientalism, queerness, and California experimentalism -- A thin blue line down Central Avenue: the LAPD and the demise of a musical hub -- Noir entanglements: black music, white women, and the dark city -- From the mission myth to Chicano nationalism: the evolution of Mestizo identities and music -- After sa-i-ku: Korean American hip-hop since the Rodney King uprising.