LEADER 03302nam 2200469 450 001 9910824518003321 005 20200619222812.0 010 $a1-4744-7329-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474473293 035 $a(CKB)4100000010653674 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6141771 035 $a(DE-B1597)616626 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474473293 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010653674 100 $a20200619h20082000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJazz in American culture /$fPeter Townsend 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (x, 193 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aBAAS paperbacks 311 $a1-85331-204-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 186-189) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tCHAPTER 1. The Language: Jazz as Music -- $tCHAPTER 2. 'A Marvel of Social Organization': Jazz as a Culture -- $tCHAPTER 3. Rhythm is our Business: The Swing Era 1935-45 -- $tCHAPTER 4. Telling the Story: The Representation of Jazz -- $tCHAPTER 5. 'An Analogous Dynamic in the Design': Jazz as Aesthetic Model -- $tCHAPTER 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex -- $tThe British Association for American Studies (BAAS) 330 $aGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9781853312045);Jazz in American Culture offers an informed and entertaining introduction to jazz - one of the great musical cultures of the world.The book looks at jazz both as a music and as a culture within the wider American context, and aims to open up the subject to the non-specialist. It examines the social and institutional structures that have underpinned the music at particular stages in its history, from the 1930s through to the present, and considers its place as a component of the entertainment industry. Among the musicians introduced are Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billie Holliday and Lester Young.Peter Townsend's distinctive approach to his subject includes a consideration of representations of jazz in other art forms, including films and literary texts, such as the fiction of Ralph Ellison, Jack Kerouac and Toni Morrison, and the poetry of Langston Hughes. He also introduces the work of jazz-influenced painters such as Stuart Davis and Jackson Pollock, and discusses the significance of photography in jazz.The book also explores the influence of jazz on other art forms, the 'mythology' of jazz, its place in consumer culture and its relation to a number of issues, such as ethnicity and individualism, that have affected American art and society.This book will be of lasting interest to anyone with a passion for jazz music." 410 0$aBAAS paperbacks. 606 $aJazz$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 615 0$aJazz$xSocial aspects 676 $a781.650973 700 $aTownsend$b Peter$f1948-$01613776 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824518003321 996 $aJazz in American culture$93988292 997 $aUNINA