Legions of Boom : Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews in the San Francisco Bay Area /

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Chronicles the history of the San Francisco Bay Area Filipino American mobile DJ scene of the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. He shows how DJ crews helped unify the Bay Area's Filipino American community, gave its members social status and brotherhood, and drew huge crowds. --Publisher's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Oliver, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Duke University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Filipino Americans > Ethnic identity.
Disc jockeys.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Dance
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Disques-jockeys > Californie > San Francisco, Region de la baie de > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Americains d'origine philippine > Identite ethnique > Californie > San Francisco, Region de la baie de.
Disc jockeys > California > San Francisco Bay Area > History > 20th century.
Filipino Americans > California > San Francisco Bay Area > Ethnic identity.
Filipino American youth > California > San Francisco Bay Area > Music > History > 20th century.
California > San Francisco Bay Area.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A legion of boom
  • Cue it up: social preconditions for the mobile scene
  • Team building: mobile crew formations
  • Unlimited creations: the mobile scene takes off
  • Imaginings: building community in the showcase era
  • Take me out with the fader: the decline of the mobile scene
  • Echo effects
  • Captains of the field: San Francisco drill teams
  • Born versus sworn: Filipino American youth gangs.

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