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Hardback. New. Probing the intersection of music and racial politics in California ISBN 0252032438 9780252032431 [GB]

Univ of Illinois Pr, Date: 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 184 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. 2008. Univ of Illinois Pr ISBN 0252032438 9780252032431 [GB]

ISBN10: 0252032438, ISBN13: 9780252032431, [publisher: University of Illinois Press, Baltimore] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. What does it mean to be "Californian"? California Polyphony: Ethnic Voices, Musical Crossroads suggests an answer that lies at the intersection of musicology, cultural history, and politics. Consisting of a series of musical case studies of major ethnic groups in California, this book approaches the notion of Californian identity from diverse perspectives, each nuanced by class, gender, and sexuality. In the early twentieth century, the concept of the Pacific Rim and an orientalist fascination with Asian music and culture dominated the popular imagination of white Californians, influencing their interactions with the Asian Other. Several decades later, as tensions rose between the Los Angeles Police Department and the African American community, the once-thriving jazz and blues nightclub scene of 1940s Central Avenue became a primary target for law enforcement's anti-vice crusade. The reactionary nature of the musical scores for Hollywood's noir films of the World War II and postwar eras negotiated the perceived demise of white female sexuality in the face of black culture and urban corruption.Mina Yang also considers Mexican Americans' conflicted assimilation into the white American mainstream from the early 1900s through the 1970s, as well as contemporary Korean Americans' struggles to express their ...
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University of Illinois Press, Date: 2008-03-04. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2008. University of Illinois Press ISBN 0252032438 9780252032431 [US]