{"product_id":"proud-to-be-an-okie-9780520248892","title":"Proud to Be an Okie","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents the country music scene that flourished in and around Los Angeles from the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s to the early 1970s. This work explores how migrant musicians and their audiences came to gain a sense of identity through music and mass media, and to celebrate African American and Mexican American musical influences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction  PART I. BIG CITY WAYS 1. At the Crossroads of Whiteness: Antimigrant Activism, Eugenics, and Popular Culture 2. Refugees: Woody Guthrie, \"Lost Angeles,\" and the Radicalization of Migrant Identity 3. Rhythm Kings and Riveter Queens: Race, Gender, and the Eclectic Populism of Wartime Western Swing  PART II. RHINESTONES AND RANCH HOMES 4. Ballads for the Crabgrass Frontier: Suburbanization, Whiteness, and the Unmaking of Okie Musical Ethnicity 5. Playing Second Fiddle No More? Country Music, Domesticity, and the Women's Movement 6. Fightin' Sides: \"Okie from Muskogee,\" Conservative Populism, and the Uses of Migrant Identity  Reprise: Dueling Populisms: The Okie Legacy in National and Regional Country Music Notes Selected Bibliography Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402828128599,"sku":"9780520248892","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520248892.jpg?v=1730481622","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/proud-to-be-an-okie-9780520248892","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}