{"product_id":"on-loop-black-sonic-politics-in-oakland-hardcover","title":"On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Werth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow struggles over Black sound have shaped Oakland's culture, politics, and geography.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chicago has house. Detroit has techno. But Oakland slaps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Loop\u003c\/i\u003e explores the role of Black dance music and sonic politics in recurring struggles over race and space in Oakland, California. Insisting on the centrality of sound in everyday social movements--from the mobilization of funk music and boogaloo dance during Black Power to the policing of the Hyphy movement in the 2000s--Alex Werth argues that Black dance music is not merely a soundtrack to or record of urban resistance. Rather, its very sound waves have animated looping clashes over development, dispossession, and Black freedom. Through studies of downtown nightclubs, Lake Merritt, and the Eastmont Mall--geographies rarely considered, yet critical to Oakland's culture and politics--Werth reveals how the liberatory sonic politics of funk, hip-hop, and hyphy rap have been met with a repetitive \"war on nuisance.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As both a means of empowerment and a magnet for policing, Black dance music has transformed not only Oakland's nightlife, but also its streets, parks, and neighborhoods. \u003ci\u003eOn Loop\u003c\/i\u003e is a rousing encounter with the sound that moves urban life.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pathbreaking exploration of the politics of sound, Alex Werth's \u003ci\u003eOn Loop\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a dimension of power that's as important as it is invisible. Remixing fields and methods, we get to hear the frequencies of the Black freedom struggle emerge from the noise of Oakland's wrenching transformation.--Alexis Madrigal, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City\u003c\/i\u003e and cohost of KQED's \u003ci\u003eForum\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The frequencies of\u003ci\u003e On Loop \u003c\/i\u003eare 'loud and proud, ' revealing the complex cultural and political history of Oakland's Black sounds. Werth explores how these forms of aesthetic speech nurture the social movements of a community's will to realize a just city. It is a must-read on the audible waves of emancipation that enliven Oakland, past and present, and in turn other American cities.\"--Roberto Bedoya, writer and former Cultural Affairs Manager for the City of Oakland \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Alex Werth's\u003ci\u003e On Loop\u003c\/i\u003e is a formidable and breathtaking look at the intersection of Black sonic culture, spatial politics, and urban governance in an iconic city whose significance in American cultural geography and history has long been ignored. Werth offers us a crucial account of Oakland's dynamic evolution to foreground the indispensability of Black cultural production in the making of the Town.\"--Brandi Thompson Summers, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Werth\u003c\/b\u003e is a geographer, DJ, and housing justice advocate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47293278421241,"sku":"9780520416062","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/jaB6ikp5Dp9780520416062.webp?v=1769177478","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/on-loop-black-sonic-politics-in-oakland-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}