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The bebop scene in London's Soho, 1945-1950 : post-war Britain's first youth subculture / / Ray Kinsella
| The bebop scene in London's Soho, 1945-1950 : post-war Britain's first youth subculture / / Ray Kinsella |
| Autore | Kinsella Ray |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Disciplina | 781.655 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music |
| Soggetto topico |
Jazz
Bop (Music) |
| ISBN | 3-031-05555-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Overview -- Key Terms: Definitions -- Contribution to Knowledge -- Histories of Jazz in Britain -- Histories of Post-War Youth Subcultures in Britain -- Methodology and Approach -- The Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2: Contextualising Soho, 1800-1945 -- Introduction -- Soho: London's Cosmopolis -- A Short Comparison of Soho with Its Surrounding Imperial Thoroughfares -- The Mythologisation of Soho as a Carnivalesque Place -- Entertainment, Nightlife and Jazz in Soho During the Interwar Years -- Jazz and the Musicians' Union -- Bottle Parties, 1930-1945 -- Archer Street: A Meeting Point for Musicians -- Popular Music During the War: Swing and Dixieland Jazz -- Summing Up -- References -- Chapter 3: Bebop Music and the Soho Clubs -- Introduction -- Bebop's Roots in New York City -- Contested Notions of Bebop: Bird Versus Diz' -- Music of the Black Atlantic -- Bebop's Reception by the Music Press in Britain -- The Birth of Bebop in Britain: The Fullado Club, Soho, 1945-1947 -- Harlem in Soho -- The Transatlantic Migration of Bebop Records to Britain, 1947 -- Recording and Distribution -- Localising Bebop in Soho -- The Tito Burns Sextet and Commercial Bebop -- Metropolitan Bopera House -- The Feldman Club -- Club Eleven -- The Paramount Dance Hall -- Bebop Banned at Wimbledon Palais and on the BBC -- Bebop Banned by the BBC -- Summing Up -- References -- Chapter 4: Men's and Women's Sartorial Style in the Clubs: The Bebop Look -- Introduction -- A Very Brief History of the Traditional Suit -- The Zoot Suit -- Jazz and the Zoot Suit -- The British Version of the Men's Zoot Suit as a Prominent Feature of the Bebop Clubs in Soho -- Black Hipsters -- The Difference Between the Zoot Suit and the 'Spiv' Suit -- Customising the Zoot Suit Look.
Gangster Chic and the Notion of the Spiv -- The Bebop 'Look' Influences Suburban London Youths Then Spreads All Over England -- The Bebop Style Spreads All Over England -- Women's Sartorial Style in the Soho Bebop Clubs -- A Very Brief History of Women's Fashion in Europe, 1914-1950 -- The Difference Between Women's Bebop Style and Women's Trad Jazz Style in the Clubs in Soho -- Summing Up -- References -- Chapter 5: The Police Raids on the Soho Bebop Clubs, 1947-1950 -- Introduction -- Drug Use in the Clubs -- The Police Raids on the Clubs -- The Fullado Club -- Club Eleven -- Paramount Dance Hall -- A Brief History of Drug Fears in Britain -- Miscegenation Fears in Britain After the First World War -- The Return of Pseudo-scientific Racism -- Miscegenation Fears and the 'Colour Bar' During the Second World War -- The Police Raids in Detail -- Summing Up -- References -- Chapter 6: Soho After the Raids -- Introduction -- A Short History of Soho's Bebop Clubs After the Police Raids -- Studio'51 -- The Flamingo Club -- Ronnie Scott's: 'First Place' and Frith Street -- The Musicians and Bands: Soho Pioneers, Emergent Players and Drugs -- Women, Class and Students at Bebop Clubs in 1950s Soho -- Musicians' Union Ban Relaxed -- The Birth of the Teenager and the Rise of Rock 'n' Roll -- New Folk Devils: The Teddy Boys -- Soho's Coffee Shops and Skiffle -- Record Labels and the Rise of Tin Pan Alley -- Summing Up -- References -- Chapter 7: Is This a Subculture? -- Introduction -- Music and Periodisation -- Race -- Clothes -- Resistance -- Moral Panic -- Spaces -- Drugs -- After Subculture -- Summing Up -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- The Bebop Subculture in Soho: Why It Matters? -- Further Research -- Final Thoughts: Similarities with Acid House, Parallels with the Present and Structural Racism and Popular Culture in the 2020s -- Acid House. Parallels with Contemporary Britain -- Structural Racism and Popular Culture in the 2020s -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910632472003321 |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Troikanomics : Austerity, Autonomy and Existential Crisis in the European Union / / by Ray Kinsella, Maurice Kinsella
| Troikanomics : Austerity, Autonomy and Existential Crisis in the European Union / / by Ray Kinsella, Maurice Kinsella |
| Autore | Kinsella Ray |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 pages) |
| Disciplina | 332.1094 |
| Soggetto topico |
European Economic Community literature
Political economy Macroeconomics Economic policy Economics European Integration International Political Economy European Economics Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics Political Economy/Economic Systems |
| ISBN | 3-319-97070-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter One: Foundations of the Argument -- Part I: Crisis and Catharsis in the Heartland of the European Union -- Chapter Two: A Critical Inflection Point for the EU -- Chapter Three: The EU Experience: Confronting the Existential Realities of the Crisis -- Part II: Development of the Crisis: Architecture, Agendas and Austerity -- Chapter Four: European Monetary Union and the Challenge of Economic Integration -- Chapter Five: The Troika and Austerity: A Destructive Dyad -- Part III: Autonomy and the EU Experience -- Chapter Six: Autonomy Within the EU: A Relational Perspective -- Chapter Seven: Case Studies: Exploring the Lived Reality of Troikanomics -- Part IV: Where from Here? Charting the Trajectory of the EU -- Chapter Eight: The EU as a Communal Endeavour: Ideal and Reality -- Chapter Nine: Troikanomics: Legacy and Lessons. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910303451303321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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