The Performance of Authenticity: The Makings of Jazz and the Self in Autobiography

By Teófilo Espada-Brignoni and Teófilo Espada-Brignoni

In this book the author analyzes the autobiographies of Baby Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Pops Foster, and Lee Collins by integrating social, psychological, and literary theories. He argues that the autobiographies of New Orleans jazz musicians construct a sense of self and the collective grounded in ideas about authenticity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793624380
• ISBN13: 9781793624383
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"