ISBN:
9781496836076
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 153 pages).
Series Statement:
Mississippi scholarship online
DDC:
820.99287096
Keywords:
Schwarze Frau
;
Jazz
;
Literatur
;
English literature Black authors
;
History and criticism
;
English literature Women authors
;
History and criticism
;
Jazz in literature
;
Women, Black, in literature
;
Music and literature
Abstract:
In 1957, Duke Ellington released the influential album A Drum Is a Woman. This musical allegory revealed the implicit truth about the role of women in jazz discourse - jilted by the musician and replaced by the drum. Further, the album's cover displays an image of a woman sitting atop a drum, depicting the way in which the drum literally obscures the female body, turning the subject into an object. This objectification of women leads to a critical reading of the role of women in jazz music: If the drum can take the place of a woman, then a woman can also take the place of a drum. This book challenges that image but also defines a counter-tradition within women's writing that involves the reinvention and reclamation of a modern jazz discourse.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2022
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.14325/mississippi/9781496836038.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496836038.001.0001
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