Anthony MacÍas is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside.

“Mexican American Mojo is a timely and engaging work that thoroughly demonstrates the development of popular Mexican American culture in mid-twentieth-century Los Angeles. Anthony MacÍas has written an illuminating and remarkable study that belongs in the library of anyone interested in Mexican American culture.”-Raul A. Fernandez, author of From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz “I am especially excited by the interviews Anthony MacÍas conducted, which make central perspectives long missing from scholarship on jazz, swing, and R & B. MacÍas’s method of looking at Los Angeles’s social geography of race and ethnicity ‘through a prism of popular music’ will be of great interest to those interested in the histories of popular music, Mexican America, and Los Angeles.”-Sherrie Tucker, author of Swing Shift: “All-Girl” Bands of the 1940s

• Illustrations xiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction. The Mexican American Generation, Music, and Los Angeles 11. Mojo in Motion: The Swing Era 122. The Drape Shape: Intercultural Style Politics 623. Boogie Woogie Breakthrough: The Rhythm and Blues Era 1184. Come On, Let's Go: The Rock and Roll Era 1735. Con Sabor Latino: Latin Jazz, the Mambo, and Latin Holidays 229Conclusion. Alternate Takes and Political Generations 281Notes 291Bibliography 347Index 369

Anthony MacÍas is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside.

“Mexican American Mojo is a timely and engaging work that thoroughly demonstrates the development of popular Mexican American culture in mid-twentieth-century Los Angeles. Anthony MacÍas has written an illuminating and remarkable study that belongs in the library of anyone interested in Mexican American culture.”-Raul A. Fernandez, author of From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz “I am especially excited by the interviews Anthony MacÍas conducted, which make central perspectives long missing from scholarship on jazz, swing, and R & B. MacÍas’s method of looking at Los Angeles’s social geography of race and ethnicity ‘through a prism of popular music’ will be of great interest to those interested in the histories of popular music, Mexican America, and Los Angeles.”-Sherrie Tucker, author of Swing Shift: “All-Girl” Bands of the 1940s

• Illustrations xiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction. The Mexican American Generation, Music, and Los Angeles 11. Mojo in Motion: The Swing Era 122. The Drape Shape: Intercultural Style Politics 623. Boogie Woogie Breakthrough: The Rhythm and Blues Era 1184. Come On, Let's Go: The Rock and Roll Era 1735. Con Sabor Latino: Latin Jazz, the Mambo, and Latin Holidays 229Conclusion. Alternate Takes and Political Generations 281Notes 291Bibliography 347Index 369