| Description |
xiii, 296 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
You ain't got to be black to be black": music, race, consciousness, and identity in The autobiography of an ex-colored man and Mojo hand / Nick Heffernan -- Blackface minstrelsy and jazz signification in Hollywood's early sound era / Corin Willis -- "Thanks, Jack, for that": the strange legacies of Sterling A. Brown / Steven C. Tracy -- Phraseology: an interview with Michael S. Harper -- Paul Beatty's White boy shuffle blues: jazz poetry, John Coltrane, and the post-soul aesthetic / Bertram D. Ashe -- Giving voice: an interview with Jayne Cortez -- "Out of this world": music and spirit in the writings of Nathaniel Mackey and Amiri Baraka / David Murray -- Blaxploitation Bird: Ross Russell's pulp addiction / John Gennari -- How many miles? Alternate takes on the jazz life / Krin Gabbard -- "A rebus of democratic slants and angles": to have and have not, racial representation and musical performance in a democracy at war / Ian Brookes -- "No brotherly love": Hollywood jazz, racial prejudice and John Lewis's score for Odds against tomorrow / David Butler -- Anatomy of a movie: Duke Ellington and 1950s film scoring / Mervyn Cooke -- Jumping tracks: the path of conduction / Michael Jarrett. |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Music and literature -- History -- 20th century.
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Music and literature. |
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History. |
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Motion pictures and music -- United States.
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Motion pictures and music. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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Blues (Music) in literature.
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Blues (Music) in literature. |
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Blues (Music) in motion pictures.
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Blues (Music) in motion pictures. |
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Jazz in literature.
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Jazz in literature. |
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Jazz in motion pictures.
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Jazz in motion pictures. |
| Added Author |
Lock, Graham, 1948- editor.
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Murray, David, 1945- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780195337020 alkaline paper |
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0195337026 alkaline paper |
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9780195337099 alkaline paper |
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0195337093 alkaline paper |
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