Jazz Internationalism: Literary Afro-Modernism and the Cultural Politics of Black Music

by John Lowney

Jazz emerged during the political and social upheaval of world war, communist revolution, Red Scares, and the Black Migration. The tumult bred disagreements about the cultural significance of jazz that concerned both its African American roots and its international appeal. The questions about what was new or even radical about the music initiated debates that writers recapitulated for decades.

Jazz Internationalism offers a bold reconsideration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252082869
• ISBN13: 9780252082863
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"