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Race, Music, and National Identity
Paul McCann
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Description for Race, Music, and National Identity
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
This study demonstrates that jazz as it appeared in narrative fiction was often used as a forum to address the nation's anxieties in the turbulent years during which the United States gradually changed from a nation dedicated to an isolationist policy to a superpower likely to intervene in foreign conflicts. The jazz narrative became one of the means through which this paradigm shift was justified to an American audience. Jazz might strike many readers as a subject only for aficionados, but this book is accessible to a broad audience. It is aimed at casual fans of jazz music curious ... Read more
This study demonstrates that jazz as it appeared in narrative fiction was often used as a forum to address the nation's anxieties in the turbulent years during which the United States gradually changed from a nation dedicated to an isolationist policy to a superpower likely to intervene in foreign conflicts. The jazz narrative became one of the means through which this paradigm shift was justified to an American audience. Jazz might strike many readers as a subject only for aficionados, but this book is accessible to a broad audience. It is aimed at casual fans of jazz music curious ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473636
SKU
V9781611473636
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About Paul McCann
Paul McCann is assistant professor of English at Delmar College.
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