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Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz and the Making of the New Middle Class
David Savran
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Paperback. The culture clash that permanently changed American theater Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Highbrow/Lowdown explores the twentieth century's first culture war and the forces that permanently transformed American theater into the art form we know today. The arrival of jazz in the 1920s sparked a cultural revolution that was impossible to contain. The music affected every stratum of U.S. society and culture, confusing and challenging long-entrenched hierarchies based on class, race, and ethnicity. But jazz was much more than the music---it was also a powerful cultural force that brought African American, Jewish, and working-class culture into the white Protestant mainstream. When the influence of jazz spread to legitimate theater, playwrights, producers, and critics ... Read more
Highbrow/Lowdown explores the twentieth century's first culture war and the forces that permanently transformed American theater into the art form we know today. The arrival of jazz in the 1920s sparked a cultural revolution that was impossible to contain. The music affected every stratum of U.S. society and culture, confusing and challenging long-entrenched hierarchies based on class, race, and ethnicity. But jazz was much more than the music---it was also a powerful cultural force that brought African American, Jewish, and working-class culture into the white Protestant mainstream. When the influence of jazz spread to legitimate theater, playwrights, producers, and critics ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472034451
SKU
V9780472034451
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Reviews for Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz and the Making of the New Middle Class
Honorable Mention, Barnard Hewitt Prize, American Society for Theatre Research, 2011
Barnard Hewitt Award, American Society for Theatre Research (01/31/2011)
Barnard Hewitt Award, American Society for Theatre Research (01/31/2011)