ISBN:
9780429060595
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (208 p.)
DDC:
306.48425
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Musik
;
Jazz
;
Politik
;
The arts
;
Humanities
;
Politics & government
;
USA
;
Arts
;
humanities
;
politics
;
international relations
Abstract:
From the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, jazz was harnessed as America’s "sonic weapon" to promote an image to the world of a free and democratic America. Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and other well-known jazz musicians were sent around the world – including to an array of Communist countries – as "jazz ambassadors" in order to mitigate the negative image associated with domestic racial problems. While many non-Americans embraced the Americanism behind this jazz diplomacy without question, others criticized American domestic and foreign policies while still appreciating jazz – thus jazz, despite its popularity, also became a medium for expressing anti-Americanism. This book examines the development of jazz outside America, including across diverse historical periods and geographies – shedding light on the effectiveness of jazz as an instrument of state power within a global political context.
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