Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/ArT0O7 Proud to Be an Okie Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California By: Peter La Chapelle Publisher: University of California Press Print ISBN: 9780520248892, 0520248899 eText ISBN: 9780520940000, 0520940008 Edition: 1st Pages: 364 Copyright year: 2007 Format: PDF Available from $ 34.95 USD SKU 9780520940000 Proud to Be an Okie 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. The first work to fully illuminate the political and cultural aspects of this intriguing story, the book takes 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. Additional ISBNs 9780520248885, 0520248880
