Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-178) 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