California polyphony : ethnic voices, musical crossroads /
What does it mean to be "Californian"? Mina Yang 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...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press
[2008]
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| Series: | Music in American life.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1xcn9x |
Table of Contents:
- 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.