Fumi Okiji

Jazz as Critique

Adorno and Black Expression Revisited

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Produktbeschreibung

Bringing critical theory to bear on music, this book argues that the jazz form models progressive social relations through its foregrounding of a "communal self," an African-American subjectivity that demands recognition of black humanity and alterity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781503602021
• ISBN-10: 1503602028
• Artikelnr.: 48862354

Autorenporträt

Fumi Okiji is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Jazz, Individualism, and the Black Modern
2. Double Consciousness and the Critical Potential of Black Expression
3. Black Dwelling, a Refuge for the Homeless
4. Storytelling, Sound, and Silence
5. Postscript: Some Thoughts on the Inadequacy and Indispensability of Jazz
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