Description: Further DetailsTitle: California PolyphonyCondition: NewFormat: HardbackSubtitle: Ethnic Voices, Musical CrossroadsISBN-10: 0252032438EAN: 9780252032431ISBN: 9780252032431Publisher: University of Illinois PressRelease Date: 03/04/2008Description: What does it mean to be Californian? To find out, Mina Yang delves into multicultural nature of musics in the state that has launched musical and cultural trends for decades. In the early twentieth century, an orientalist fascination with Asian music and culture dominated the popular imagination of white Californians and influenced their interactions with the Asian Other. Several decades later, tensions between the Los Angeles Police Department and the African American community made the thriving jazz and blues nightclub scene of 1940s Central Avenue a target for the LAPD's anti-vice crusade. The musical scores for Hollywood's noir films confirmed reactionary notions of the threat to white female sexuality in the face of black culture and urban corruption while Mexican Americans faced a conflicted assimilation into the white American mainstream. Finally, Korean Americans in the twenty-first century turned to hip-hop to express their cultural and national identities. A compelling journey into the origins of musical identity, California Polyphony explores the intersection of musicology, cultural history, and politics to define Californian.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 20mmAuthor: Mina YangGenre: Music Dance & TheatreBook Series: Music in American LifeItem Weight: 454gRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: California Polyphony
Title: California Polyphony
Subtitle: Ethnic Voices, Musical Crossroads
ISBN-10: 0252032438
EAN: 9780252032431
ISBN: 9780252032431
Release Date: 03/04/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: California Polyphony : Ethnic Voices, Musical Crossroads
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Popular Culture, Customs & Traditions
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Mina Yang
Subject Area: Music, Social Science
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Music in American Life Ser.
Format: Hardcover
