Freedom sounds : civil rights call out to jazz and Africa / Ingrid Monson
2007, 1st edition. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #327536
Physical description: 417 p. Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discography and index. Contents: 1 Introduction; 2 Jim Crow, Economics, and the Politics of Musicianship; 3 Modernism, Race, and Aesthetics; 4 Africa, the Cold War, and the Diaspora at Home; 5 Activism and Fund-Raising from Freedom Now to the Freedom Rides; 6 Activism and Fund-Raising from Birmingham to Black Power; 7 The Debate Within: White Backlash, the New Thing, and Economics; 8 Aesthetic Agency, Self-Determination, and the Spiritual Quest; 9 Coda; Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms; Appendix B: Interviews, Archival Sources, and Recordings; Notes; Index.
Subjects: Jazz 1951-1960 History and criticism. African Americans Civil rights History 20th century. Jazz Social aspects. Genre: Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Price: €100.00