Representing Jazz
Language: English
Published by Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 1995
- First Edition
- Softcover
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First edition paperback. An excellent, clean copy of this landmark anthology in jazz cultural studies. The covers feature the iconic graphic purple text and a black-and-white photograph of Lester Young on a gray background. Mild edge wear and subtle rubbing to the corner tips of the soft covers. Spine is square and unbroken with no heavy creasing. Inside, pages are bright, crisp, and completely free of text underlining, highlighting, or marginalia. A very solid, tight copy. 328 pages, featuring 39 black-and-white photographs. A crucial companion volume to Jazz Among the Discourses, this collection gathers interdisciplinary essays analyzing the presence and impact of jazz music across cinema, literature, photography, and American dance. Essential reading for scholars of cultural history and jazz aficionados alike. Keywords & Search Tags • Jazz Studies • Krin Gabbard • Duke University Press • Cultural History • Jazz Film and Literature • African American Music History.
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- Title
- Representing Jazz
- Author
- Krin Gabbard, editor
- Publisher
- Duke University Press, Durham, NC
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Near fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0822315947
- ISBN 13
- 9780822315940
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 20.459 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6.13 inches width by 9.25 inches height by 0.82 inches depth
Krin Gabbard has gathered essays by distinguished writers from a variety of fields. They provide engaging analyses of films such as Round Midnight, Bird, Mo’ Better Blues, Cabin in the Sky, and Jammin’ the Blues; the writings of Eudora Welty and Dorothy Baker; the careers of the great lindy hoppers of the 1930s and 1940s; Mura Dehn’s extraordinary documentary on jazz dance; the jazz photography of William Claxton; painters of the New York School; the traditions of jazz autobiography; and the art of "vocalese." The contributors to this volume assess the influence of extramusical sources on our knowledge of jazz and suggest that the living contexts of the music must be considered if a more sophisticated jazz scholarship is ever to evolve. Transcending the familiar patterns of jazz history and criticism, Representing Jazz looks at how the music actually has been heard and felt at different levels of American culture.
With its companion anthology, Jazz Among the Discourses, this volume will enrich and transform the literature of jazz studies. Its provocative essays will interest both aficionados and potential jazz fans.
Contributors. Karen Backstein, Leland H. Chambers, Robert P. Crease, Krin Gabbard, Frederick Garber, Barry K. Grant, Mona Hadler, Christopher Harlos, Michael Jarrett, Adam Knee, Arthur Knight, James Naremore
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About the Author
Krin Gabbard is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
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