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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Early History of California Cultural and Musical Life 11 2. The Transpacific Gaze: Orientalism, Queerness, and Californian Experimentalism 33 3. A Thin Blue Line down Central Avenue: The LAPD and the Demise of a Musical Hub 60 4. Noir Entanglements: Black Music, White Women, and the Dark City 80 5. From the Mission Myth to Chicano Nationalism: The Evolution of Mestizo Identities and Music 98 6. After Sa-i-ku: Korean American Hip-Hop since the Rodney King Uprising 118 Conclusion 137 Notes 141 Works Cited 165 Index 179 i-xii_1-192_Yang.indd 7 1/7/08 9:51:58 AM i-xii_1-192_Yang.indd 8 1/7/08 9:51:58 AM ...

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