The Jazz Revolution : Twenties America and the Meaning of Jazz
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0195074793
ISBN-13
9780195074796
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 6th, 1992
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
320 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 14.10 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
JazzBluesCultural studies
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A cultural study of the meaning of jazz for America in the 1920s. Jazz made a tremendous impact on America at that time, becoming a subject of controversy as well as a major social influence.
The 1920s were not called the Jazz Age for nothing. Celebrated by writers from Langston Hughes to Gertrude Stein, jazz was the dominant influence on American popular music, despite resistance from whites who distrusted its vibrant expression of black culture and by those opposed to the overt sexuality and raw emotion of the `devil''s music''. As Kathy Ogren shows, the breathless pace and syncopated rhythms were as much a part of twenties America as Prohibition and the economic boom, which enabled millions throughout the states to enjoy the latest sounds on radios and phonographs.
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