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Jazz in American Culture offers an informed and entertaining introduction to jazz - one of the great musical cultures of the world.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Townsend, Peter, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2000.
Series:BAAS paperbacks.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Jazz > Social aspects > United States.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Jazz.
Jazz > Social aspects
Manners and customs
Kultur
Jazz
Jazz.
Culturele invloeden.
Jazz > Aspect social > États-Unis.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
United States
USA
États-Unis > Moeurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Language: Jazz as Music
  • 2. 'A Marvel of Social Organization': Jazz as a Culture
  • 3. Rhythm is our Business: The Swing Era 1935-45
  • 4. Telling the Story: The Representation of Jazz
  • 5. 'An Analagous Dynamic in the Design': Jazz as Aesthetic Model
  • 5. 'An Analagous Dynamic in the Design': Jazz as Aesthetic Model
  • 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth
  • 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth
  • 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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