Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity - Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement in Los Angeles

Examines interracial anti-racist alliances, divisions among aggrieved minority communities, and the cultural expressions and spatial politics that emerge from the mutual struggles of Blacks and Chicanos in Los Angeles. This book reveals how racial alliances and antagonisms between Blacks and Chicanos in LA had spatial as well as racial dimensions.

List of contents

Contents Introduction: The Future Has A Past Chapter 1 Luisa Moreno, Charlotta Bass, and the Constellations of Interethnic Working-Class Radicalism Chapter 2 Spatial Entitlement: Race, Displacement, and Sonic Reclamation in Post-war Los Angeles Chapter 3 Cold Wars and Counter WAR(s): Coalitional Politics in an Age of Violence Chapter 4 "Teeth Gritting Harmony": Punk, Hip Hop, and Sonic Spatial Politics Chapter 5 Space, Sound, and Shared Struggles Conclusion The Future Has a Past Bibliography

About the author

Gaye Theresa Johnson is Associate Professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Product details

• Authors: Gaye Theresa Johnson, Gaye Theresa Johnson
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2013
• EAN: 9780520275270
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27527-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: American Crossroads; American Crossroads
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore