| Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California Volume 22 Contributor(s): La Chapelle, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520248899 ISBN-13: 9780520248892 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: ""Proud to be an Okie" is a fresh, well-researched, wonderfully insightful, and imaginative book. Throughout, La Chapelle's keen attention to shifting geographies and urban and suburban spaces is one of the work's real strengths. Another strength is the book's focus on dress, ethnicity, and the manufacturing of style. When all of these angles and insights are pulled together, La Chapelle delivers a fascinating rendering of Okie life and American culture."--Bryant Simon, author of "Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General - Music | History & Criticism - General - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 781.642 |
| LCCN: 2006019222 |
| Series: American Crossroads |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.58" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Proud to Be an Okie brings to life the influential country music scene that flourished in and around Los Angeles from the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s to the early 1970s. The first work to fully illuminate the political and cultural aspects of this intriguing story, the book takes us from Woody Guthrie's radical hillbilly show on Depression-era radio to Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee" in the late 1960s. It explores how these migrant musicians and their audiences came to gain a sense of identity through music and mass media, to embrace the New Deal, and to celebrate African American and Mexican American musical influences before turning toward a more conservative outlook. What emerges is a clear picture of how important Southern California was to country music and how country music helped shape the politics and culture of Southern California and of the nation. |