ISBN:
9781933108315
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 251 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Birth (and Death) of the Cool
DDC:
306.09730904
Keywords:
Jazz
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Lifestyles History 20th century
;
Popular culture History 20th century
;
Jazz musicians
Abstract:
It's hard to imagine that "the cool" could ever go out of style. After all, cool is style. Isn't it? And it may be harder to imagine a world where people no longer aspire to coolness. In this intriguing cultural history, nationally acclaimed author Ted Gioia shows why cool is not a timeless concept and how it has begun to lose meaning and fade into history. Gioia deftly argues that what became iconic in the 1950s with Miles Davis, James Dean, and others has been manipulated, stretched, and pushed to a breaking point-not just in our media, entertainment, and fashion industries, but al
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Can Cool Ever Be Uncool; The Mystery of My Parents Lifestyle; How Cool Became So; The Progenitor of Cool Bix Beiderbecke; The President of Cool Lester Young; The Prince of Darkness Miles Davis; of the Cool for Kids; Everybody Acts Like Miles Davis; Live by the Swoosh Die by the Swoosh; America Loses Its Cool; The Sound of Postcool Music; The Postcool Society; The Birth and Death of the Cool A Time Line; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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