California polyphony : ethnic voices, musical crossroads /
Mina Yang.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2008.
- 1 online resource.
- Music in American life .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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Music--History and criticism.--California Ethnicity in music. Popular music--Social aspects--California.