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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814442403321

Autore

Monson Ingrid T (Ingrid Tolia)

Titolo

Freedom sounds : civil rights call out to jazz and Africa / / Ingrid Monson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-19-988088-3

0-19-975709-7

0-19-802940-3

1-4356-0533-0

9786611158781

1-281-15878-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Disciplina

781.65/1599

Soggetti

Jazz - 1951-1960 - History and criticism

Jazz - 1961-1970 - History and criticism

Jazz - Social aspects - United States

Jazz - Political aspects - United States

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Jim Crow, Economics, and the Politics of Musicianship; 3 Modernism, Race, and Aesthetics; 4 Africa, the Cold War, and the Diaspora at Home; 5 Activism and Fund-Raising from Freedom Now to the Freedom Rides; 6 Activism and Fund-Raising from Birmingham to Black Power; 7 The Debate Within: White Backlash, the New Thing, and Economics; 8 Aesthetic Agency, Self-Determination, and the Spiritual Quest; 9 Coda; Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms; Appendix B: Interviews, Archival Sources, and Recordings; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R

ST; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

1. Introduction  2. Jim Crow, Economics, and the Politics of Musicianship  3. Modernism, Race, and Aesthetics  4. Africa, The Cold War and the Diaspora at Home  5. Activism and Fundraising from



Freedom Now to the Freedom Rides  6. Activism and Fundraising from Birmingham to Black Power  7. The Debate Within: White Backlash, The New Thing, and Economics  8. Aesthetic Agency and Self-Determination  9. Coda