01200nam0 2200277 i 450 SUN012590020191217094122.644978-16-323-8580-20.0020191217d2018 |0engc50 baengUS|||| |||||*Probability and statisticstheories and applied principlesDerek Beaven editorNew YorkNY Research2018vi, 225 p.ill.29 cm.60-XXProbability theory and stochastic processes [MSC 2020]MFSUNC020428Statistics [MSC 2010] 62-XXMFSUNC022998USNew YorkSUNL000011Beaven, DerekSUNV097309NY ReaearchSUNV010613650ITSOL20200727RICASUN0125900UFFICIO DI BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA E FISICA08PREST 60-XX 0290 08DMF535 I b 20191223 UFFICIO DI BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA E FISICA08CONS 60-XX 0290 08DMF534 I a 20191223 Probability and statistics56908UNICAMPANIA03878nam 2200457 450 991082883960332120230126215433.01-4985-2877-5(CKB)3710000000748960(PQKBManifestationID)16444078(PQKBWorkID)14991689(PQKB)24793267(MiAaPQ)EBC4573791(EXLCZ)99371000000074896020160803h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrJazz and postwar French identity improvising the nation /Elizabeth Vihlen McGregorLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (291 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4985-2876-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.e Monde du jazz -- The gendered jazz public -- The question and politics of race -- More than an American music -- Red, white, and blue notes: French jazz -- And what of empire? -- Conclusion: improvising the nation."In the context of a shifting domestic and international status quo that was evolving in the decades following World War II, French audiences used jazz as a means of negotiating a wide range of issues that were pressing to them and to their fellow citizens. Despite the fact that jazz was fundamentally linked to the multicultural through its origins in the hands of African-American musicians, happenings within the French jazz public reflected much about France&#x;s postwar society. In the minds of many, jazz was connected to youth culture, but instead of challenging traditional gender expectations, the music tended to reinforce long-held stereotypes. French critics, musicians, and fans contended with the reality of American superpower strength and often strove to elevate their own country's stature in relation to the United States by finding fault with American consumer society and foreign policy aims. Jazz audiences used this music to condemn American racism and to support the American civil rights movement, expressing strong reservations about the American way of life. French musicians lobbied to create professional opportunities for themselves, and some went so far as to create a union that endorsed preferential treatment for French nationals. As France became more ethnically and religiously diverse due immigration from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, French jazz critics and fans noted the insidious appearance of racism in their own country and had to contend with how their own citizens would address the changing demographics of the nation, even if they continued to insist that racism was more prevalent in the United States. As independence movements brought an end to the French empire, jazz enthusiasts from both former colonies and France had to reenvision their relationship to jazz and to the music&#x;s international audiences. In these postwar decades, the French were working to preserve a distinct national identity in the face of weakened global authority, most forcefully represented by decolonization and American hegemony. Through this originally African American music, French listeners, commentators, and musicians participated in a process that both challenged and reinforced ideas about their own culture and nation"--Back cover.JazzSocial aspectsFranceHistory20th centuryFranceSocial conditions20th centuryJazzSocial aspectsHistory781.650944/09045McGregor Elizabeth Vihlen1638000MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828839603321Jazz and postwar French identity3980142UNINA