Soundscapes of Liberation: African American Music in Postwar France

by Celeste Day Moore

Book Overview

In Soundscapes of Liberation, Celeste Day Moore traces the popularization of African American music in postwar France, where it signaled new forms of power and protest. Moore surveys a wide range of musical genres, soundscapes, and media: the US military's wartime records and radio programs, the French record industry's catalogs of blues, jazz, and R&B recordings, the translations of jazz memoirs, a provincial choir specializing in spirituals,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014695
• ISBN13: 9781478014690
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"