Some of these days : black stars, jazz aesthetics, and modernist culture /

'Some of These Days' shows how interwar European audiences, artists, and intellectuals particularly associated with modernism, used Black American culture - for which 'jazz' was often a shorthand - to negotiate the disorientating experience of modernity and modernization. One man...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donald, James, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Temas:
1900-1999
African Americans in the performing arts.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Harlem Renaissance > Influence.
African Americans > Music > Influence.
African American theater > History > 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > United States > Influence.
Noirs américains dans les arts du spectacle.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Musique > Influence.
Théâtre noir américain > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Esthétique) > États-Unis > Influence.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
African American theater.
African Americans.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
American literature > African American authors.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > Influence.
Musique noire américaine.
Arts noirs américains.
United States.
Electronic books.
Music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Musique.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Cover""; ""Some of These Days""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: A Migration of Stars""; ""1 New Negro: Paul Robesonâ€?s Formation in Harlem""; ""2 Between the Jungle and the Skyscraper: Josephine Baker in Paris and Berlin""; ""3 Ballet mécanique: Jazz Aesthetics and Modernist Film""; ""4 Jazz in Stone and Steel: Josephine Baker and Modern Architecture""; ""5 Borderlines: Race, Cosmopolitanism, and the Modern Uncanny""; ""Color Plates""; ""6 Down the River of Dreams: Songs of Exile and Nostalgia""; ""7 Here I Stand: Performing Politics""
  • ""Coda: Nickâ€?s Bar, New York City""""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Plates (Plates between pages 128 and 129)""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

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