Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California
Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California
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Abstract
This book brings to life the influential country music scene that flourished in and around Los Angeles from the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s to the early 1970s, taking us from Woody Guthrie's radical hillbilly show on Depression-era radio to Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee in the late 1960s. It explores how these migrant musicians and their audiences came to gain a sense of identity through music and mass media, to embrace the New Deal, and to celebrate African American and Mexican American musical influences before turning toward a more conservative outlook. What emerges is a clear picture of how important Southern California was to country music, and how country music helped shape the politics and culture of Southern California and of the nation.
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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part i Big City Ways
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part ii Rhinestones and Ranch Homes
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Ballads for the Crabgrass Frontier: Suburbanization, Whiteness, and the Unmaking of Okie Musical Ethnicity
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Playing Second Fiddle no More? Country Music, Domesticity, and the Women's Movement
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Fightin' Sides: “Okie from Muskogee,” Conservative Populism, and the Uses of Migrant Identity
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Reprise: Dueling Populisms: The Okie Legacy in National and Regional Country Music
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Ballads for the Crabgrass Frontier: Suburbanization, Whiteness, and the Unmaking of Okie Musical Ethnicity
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End Matter
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