Jazz as critique : Adorno and Black expression revisited /

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Bringing critical theory to bear on music, this book argues that the jazz form models progressive social relations through its foregrounding of a ""communal self, "" an African-American subjectivity that demands recognition of black humanity and alterity

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Okiji, Fumi, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Adorno, Theodor W., > 1903-1969. > Ästhetik (1958/59). > English.
Ästhetik (1958/59) (Adorno, Theodor W.)
Jazz > History and criticism.
Jazz > Philosophy and aesthetics.
African American musicians.
African American aesthetics.
Aesthetics, Black.
Jazz > Philosophie et esthétique.
Musiciens noirs américains.
Esthétique noire américaine.
Esthétique noire.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Aesthetics, Black
African American aesthetics
African American musicians
Jazz
Jazz > Philosophy and aesthetics
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Jazz, individualism and the black modern
  • Double consciousness and the critical potential of black expression
  • Black dwelling, a refuge for the homeless
  • Storytelling, sound and silence
  • Postscript : some thoughts on the inadequacy and indispensability of jazz records.

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