ISBN:
9781009420198
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 415 Seiten
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Cambridge themes in American literature and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
781.650973
Keywords:
Geschichte
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Kulturleben
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Jazz
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Öffentlichkeit
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USA
;
Jazz / History and criticism
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) / History / 20th century
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Jazz / Social aspects / United States
;
Jazz / Political aspects / United States
;
Music and literature / History
;
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
;
Jazz
;
Jazz / Political aspects
;
Jazz / Social aspects
;
Music and literature
;
United States
;
1900-1999
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
USA
;
Jazz
;
Kulturleben
;
Öffentlichkeit
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"Almost immediately after jazz became popular nationally in the United States in the early 20th century, American writers responded to what this exciting art form signified for listeners. This book takes an expansive view of the relationship between this uniquely American music and other aspects of American life, including books, films, language, and politics. Observing how jazz has become a cultural institution, widely celebrated as 'America's classical music,' the book also never loses sight of its beginnings in Black expressive culture and its enduring ability to critique problems of democracy or speak back to violence and inequality, from Jim Crow to George Floyd. Taking the reader through time and across expressive forms, this volume traces jazz as an aesthetic influence, a political force, and a representational focus in American literature and culture. It shows how Jazz has long been a rich source of aesthetic stimulation, influencing writers as stylistically wide-ranging as Langston Hughes, Eudora Welty, and James Baldwin, or artists as diverse as Aaron Douglas, Jackson Pollock, and Gordon Parks."
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