Tropical riffs : Latin America and the politics of jazz /

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"In Tropical Riffs Jason Borge traces how jazz helped forge modern identities and national imaginaries in Latin America during the mid-twentieth century. Across Latin America jazz functioned as a conduit through which debates about race, sexuality, nation, technology, and modernity raged in new...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Borge, Jason, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Jazz > Social aspects > Latin America.
Jazz > Latin America > History and criticism.
Jazz > Latin America > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz
Jazz
Jazz > Social aspects
Latin America
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Kindred sounds and Latin cats
  • La civilizada selva: Latin America and the Jazz Age
  • Dark pursuits: Argentina, race, and jazz
  • The anxiety of Americanization: jazz, samba, and bossa nova
  • The hazards of hybridity: Afro-Cuban jazz, mambo, and revolution
  • Liberation, disenchantment, and the afterlives of jazz
  • The cruelty of jazz.

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