The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender (Routledge Music Companions) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 036763032X ISBN 13: 9780367630324

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender identifies, defines, and interrogates the construct of gender in all forms of jazz, jazz culture, and education, shaping and transforming the conversation in response to changing cultural and societal norms across the globe. Such interrogation requires consideration of gender from multiple viewpoints, from scholars and artists at various points in their careers. This edited collection of 38 essays gathers the diverse perspectives of contributors from four continents, exploring the nuanced (and at times controversial) construct of gender as it relates to jazz music, in the past and present, in four parts:

• Historical Perspectives
• Identity and Culture
• Society and Education
• Policy and Advocacy

Acknowledging the art form’s troubled relationship with gender, contributors seek to define the construct to include all possible definitions―not only female and male―without binary limitations, contextualizing gender and jazz in both place and time. As gender identity becomes an increasingly important consideration in both education and scholarship, The Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender provides a broad and inclusive resource of research for the academic community, addressing an urgent need to reconcile the construct of gender in jazz in all its forms.

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About the Author

James Reddan is Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities and Music Education at Western Oregon University, USA.

Monika Herzig is Senior Lecturer in the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, USA.

Michael Kahr is Chair of Jazz at the Gustav Mahler Private University of Music in Klagenfurt and Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Jazz at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 036763032X
• ISBN 13: 9780367630324
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 514
• Editor: Reddan James, Herzig Monika, Kahr Michael