African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior

by James L. Conyers Jr.

Book Overview

Music is an expressive voice of a culture, often more so than literature. While jazz and rap are musical genres popular among people of numerous racial and social backgrounds, they are truly important historically for their representation of and impact upon African American culture and traditions. Essays offer interdisciplinary study of jazz and rap as they relate to black culture in America. The essays are grouped under sections. One examines an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786408286
• ISBN13: 9780786408283
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher