ISBN:
9781477323335
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 200 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
First edition
Dissertation note:
Dissertation
DDC:
306.484230979494
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Hispanic Americans Social conditions 21st century
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Mexican Americans Social conditions 21st century
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Retro (Style) in popular music
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Rock music fans Social life and customs 21st century
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Rockabilly music Social aspects
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Rockabilly musicians
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Rockabilly subculture History 20th century
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Rockabilly subculture History 21st century
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Working class Social conditions 21st century
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
Vocals tinged with pain and desperation. The deep thuds of an upright bass. Women with short bangs and men in cuffed jeans. These elements and others are the unmistakable signatures of rockabilly, a musical genre normally associated with white male musicians of the 1950s. But in Los Angeles today, rockabilly's primary producers and consumers are Latinos and Latinas. Why are these "Razabillies" partaking in a visibly "un-Latino" subculture that's thought of as a white person's fixation everywhere else? As a Los Angeles Rockabilly insider, Nicholas F. Centino is the right person to answer this question. Pairing a decade of participant observation with interviews and historical research, Centino explores the reasons behind a Rockabilly renaissance in 1990s Los Angeles and demonstrates how, as a form of working-class leisure, this scene provides Razabillies with spaces of respite and conviviality within the alienating landscape of the urban metropolis. A nuanced account revealing how and why Los Angeles Latinas/os have turned to and transformed the music and aesthetic style of 1950s rockabilly, Razabilly offers rare insight into this musical subculture, its place in rock and roll history, and its passionate practitioners
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