Le Jazz : Jazz and French Cultural Identity /

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"Countering the histories of jazz's celebratory reception in France, Jordan delves into the reluctance of many French citizens to accept jazz with the same enthusiasm as the liberal humanists and cosmopolitan crowds of the 1930s. Jordan argues that some listeners and critics perceived jazz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jordan, Matthew F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Musiketnologi.
Musik och samhälle.
Jazz > historia > Frankrike > 1918-1939 (mellankrigstiden)
Jazz.
Jazz > France > History and criticism.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Vamp on the meaning of jazz : the cakewalk comes to town
  • The first wave : jazz and cultural recovery
  • Jazz and the modern public in the age of mechanical reproduction
  • La revue negre, ethnography, and cultural hybridity
  • The jazz-hot years
  • Zazou dans le Metro : occupation, swing, and the battle for la jeunesse
  • Assimilation, absence, and the liberation of French discourse on jazz.

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