Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement in Los Angeles: 36 - Rilegato

Johnson, Gaye Theresa

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ISBN 10: 0520275276 ISBN 13: 9780520275270

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 2013

Riassunto

In Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity, Gaye Theresa Johnson 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 from the 1940s to the present. Johnson argues that struggles waged in response to institutional and social repression have created both moments and movements in which Blacks and Chicanos have unmasked power imbalances, sought recognition, and forged solidarities by embracing the strategies, cultures, and politics of each others' experiences. At the center of this study is the theory of spatial entitlement: the spatial strategies and vernaculars utilized by working class youth to resist the demarcations of race and class that emerged in the postwar era. In this important new book, Johnson reveals how racial alliances and antagonisms between Blacks and Chicanos in L.A. had spatial as well as racial dimensions.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

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

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Johnson's book illustrates how sonic affinities between black and brown provide a way of thinking about urban race relations that transcends the limited categories of conflict and cooperation.” Daniel Widener, author ofBlack Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Black Los Angeles, 1942-1992

From record stores to radio, from East L.A. punk to South Central hip hop, Johnson puts her ear to the post-WWII city and in a lucid, impassioned voice tells us what she hears: invaluable stories of struggle, conflict, and alliance that continue to shape the political stakes of the contemporary moment.” Josh Kun, author of Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America

"Gaye Theresa Johnson had to ignore all the noise about black-brown conflict, seek out archives that were never supposed to be found, and develop new ways of seeing and hearing. In so doing, she has produced a truly magnificent account of the world African Americans and Chicano/as made togethera world of sound, style, and subversion that serves as both a window into social crises and a vision for social change."Robin D. G. Kelley, author ofThelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

"Beautifully written, Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity offers us a new and imaginative way of thinking about relations between Chicanas/os and African Americans. With her concept of "spatial entitlement," Johnson shows us the many ways, including those we cannot see, in which Black and Brown communities forged solidarities."Laura Pulido, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0520275276
• ISBN 13: 9780520275270
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 233