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The Jazz Revolution: Twenties America and the Meaning of Jazz
Kathy J. Ogren
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Description for The Jazz Revolution: Twenties America and the Meaning of Jazz
Paperback. A cultural study of the meaning of jazz for America in the 1920s. Jazz made a tremendous impact on America at that time, becoming a subject of controversy as well as a major social influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
The 1920s were not called the Jazz Age for nothing. Celebrated by writers from Langston Hughes to Gertrude Stein, jazz was the dominant influence on American popular music, despite resistance from whites who distrusted its vibrant expression of black culture and by those opposed to the overt sexuality and raw emotion of the `devil's music'. As Kathy Ogren shows, the breathless pace and syncopated rhythms were as much a part of twenties America as Prohibition and the economic boom, which enabled millions throughout the states to enjoy the latest sounds on radios and phonographs.
The 1920s were not called the Jazz Age for nothing. Celebrated by writers from Langston Hughes to Gertrude Stein, jazz was the dominant influence on American popular music, despite resistance from whites who distrusted its vibrant expression of black culture and by those opposed to the overt sexuality and raw emotion of the `devil's music'. As Kathy Ogren shows, the breathless pace and syncopated rhythms were as much a part of twenties America as Prohibition and the economic boom, which enabled millions throughout the states to enjoy the latest sounds on radios and phonographs.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195074796
SKU
V9780195074796
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About Kathy J. Ogren
Kathy Ogren is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Redlands.
Reviews for The Jazz Revolution: Twenties America and the Meaning of Jazz
`The sort of scholarship jazz writing desperately needs.' James Lincoln Collier