{"product_id":"razabilly-9781477323519","title":"Razabilly","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn engrossing deep dive into the sights, sounds, and sensibilities of the Latina\/o Rockabilly scene in Los Angeles, its ties to working-class communities, and its dissemination through the post-NAFTA global landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRazabilly\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the rise of rockabilly among La Raza (a 20th century term for Spanish-speaking communities), offering a fascinating cultural history without reducing the story to any misleadingly simple arguments…[a] nuanced study. * The Current *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRazabilly\u003c\/i\u003e is a noteworthy study among newer interdisciplinary works on the making and remaking of Los Angeles. It dexterously examines how Chicanas\/os and Latinas\/os within this music scene experienced, survived, and even thrived during the convoluted 2000s...Most significantly, Centino shows how during a time when the threats to disempower and demonize them increased, Chicanas\/os and Latinas\/os drew from their collective cultural memories to assert their rights to space and place in Los Angeles—for their own leisure, for a good time, and to seek a better life. * California History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTerminology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. From London to East Los: A Cultural History of the International Rockabilly Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. C’mon Baby, Let the Good Times Roll! Sites of Leisure and Memory in the Formation of the Chicana\/o and Latina\/o Rockabilly Scene of Greater Los Angeles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Fashioning Razabilly Bodies: Embodied Style and Stance in the Chicana\/o and Latina\/o Rockabilly Scene of Greater Los Angeles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Your Roots Are Showing: Tracing Genealogies and Building Cultural Memory through the Malleable Canon of the Greater Los Angeles Rockabilly Scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix. Research Sites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867283698007,"sku":"9781477323519","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477323519.jpg?v=1722282587","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/razabilly-9781477323519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}