1 option
Jazz in American culture / Peter Townsend.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Townsend, Peter, 1948- author.
- Series:
- BAAS paperbacks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz--Social aspects--United States.
- Jazz.
- Jazz--Social aspects.
- United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
- United States.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2000.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Jazz in American Culture offers an informed and entertaining introduction to jazz - one of the great musical cultures of the world.
- Contents:
- 1. Language: Jazz as Music
- 2. 'A Marvel of Social Organization': Jazz as a Culture
- 3. Rhythm is our Business: The Swing Era 1935-45
- 4. Telling the Story: The Representation of Jazz
- 5. 'An Analagous Dynamic in the Design': Jazz as Aesthetic Model
- 6. 'A Tamed Richness': Jazz as Myth
- Select Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-189) and index.
- Print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Townsend, Peter, 1948- Jazz in American culture.
- ISBN:
- 9781474473293
- 1474473296
- OCLC:
- 1145341363
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3366/j.ctvxcrknm
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.