{"product_id":"mexican-american-mojo-9780822343394","title":"Mexican American Mojo","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of the creation of jazz, swing, and R \u0026amp; B music within the multicultural, multiethnic terrain of Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMexican American Mojo\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and engaging work that thoroughly demonstrates the development of popular Mexican American culture in mid-twentieth-century Los Angeles. Anthony Macías has written an illuminating and remarkable study that belongs in the library of anyone interested in Mexican American culture.”—\u003cb\u003eRaul A. Fernandez\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I am especially excited by the interviews Anthony Macías conducted, which make central perspectives long missing from scholarship on jazz, swing, and R \u0026amp; B. Macías’s method of looking at Los Angeles’s social geography of race and ethnicity ‘through a prism of popular music’ will be of great interest to those interested in the histories of popular music, Mexican America, and Los Angeles.”—\u003cb\u003eSherrie Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSwing Shift: “All-Girl” Bands of the 1940s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xv\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The Mexican American Generation, Music, and Los Angeles 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mojo in Motion: The Swing Era 12\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Drape Shape: Intercultural Style Politics 62\u003cbr\u003e 3. Boogie Woogie Breakthrough: The Rhythm and Blues Era 118\u003cbr\u003e 4. Come On, Let's Go: The Rock and Roll Era 173\u003cbr\u003e 5. Con Sabor Latino: Latin Jazz, the Mambo, and Latin Holidays 229\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Alternate Takes and Political Generations 281\u003cbr\u003e Notes 291\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 347\u003cbr\u003e Index 369","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138191163735,"sku":"9780822343394","price":103.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822343394.jpg?v=1751918376","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mexican-american-mojo-9780822343394","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}