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African American Jazz and Rap : Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior by James L. Conyers (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-100786408286
ISBN-139780786408283
eBay Product ID (ePID)1792396
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAfrican American Jazz and Rap : Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior
SubjectGenres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, General, Ethnic, Genres & Styles / Jazz, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorJames L. Conyers
Subject AreaMusic, Social Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-64618
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"provide[s] challenging and informative accounts of the amorphous musical culture called jazz"- Booklist., "Provide[s] challenging and informative accounts of the amorphous musical culture called jazz"-- Booklist., "provide[s] challenging and informative accounts of the amorphous musical culture called jazz"-- Booklist.
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal781.65/089/96073
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Introduction (by James B. Stewart) I. Toward an Afrocentric Approach to the Study of Jazz and Rap Music 1. Metatheory and Methodology: Appraising the Black Experience James L. Conyers, Jr. 2. The Role of Criticism in Black Popular Culture Warren C. Swindell II. "All That Jazz": History, Culture, Performers, Instruments, and Political Functionality 3. "And All That Jazz" Has African Roots! Learthen Dorsey 4. Jazz Antecedents Eddie S. Meadows 5. The Life and Jazz Style of Blue Mitchell Charles I. Miller 6. Jazz Guitar: Ain't No Jazz George Walker and Mondo Eyen we Langa 7. The Social Roots of African American Music: 1950-1970 Thomas J. Porter 8. Jazz Musicians in Postwar Europe and Japan Larry Ross III. Jazz Expressions in Dance and Literature 9. African American Dance and Music Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. 10. Lady Sings the Blues: Toni Morrison and the Jazz/Blues Aesthetic Gloria T. Randle 11. Al Young: Jazz Griot Michael Carroll IV. Rap Music as Art Form, Social-Political Commentary, and Economic Commodity 12. The Rhythm of Rhyme: A Look at Rap Music as an Art Form from a Jazz Perspective Reginald Thomas 13. At the Vanguard: African American Life as Seen Through the Music of Selected Rap and Jazz Artists Andrew P. Smallwood 14. Africana Cosmology, Ethos, and Rap: A Social Study of Black Popular Culture James L. Conyers, Jr. V. Toward the Future: Educating Future Generations and Preserving Cultural Traditions 15. Can You Sing Jazz? Perception and Appreciation of Jazz Music Among African American Young Adults Nancy J. Dawson 16. Hip-Hop and the Rap Music Industry Tshombe Walker 17. Ethnomusicology and the African American Tradition George L. Starks, Jr. 18. Reflections on Sterling Stuckey's Slave Culture: Understanding Pan Afrikan Nationalism as a Cultural Force Ahati N. N. Touré About the Contributors Index
SynopsisMusic is an expressive voice of a culture, often more so than literature. While jazz and rap are musical genres popular among people of numerous racial and social backgrounds, they are truly important historically for their representation of and impact upon African American culture and traditions. Essays offer interdisciplinary study of jazz and rap as they relate to black culture in America. The essays are grouped under sections. One examines an Afrocentric approach to understanding jazz and rap; another, the history, culture, performers, instruments, and political role of jazz and rap. There are sections on the expressions of jazz in dance and literature; rap music as art, social commentary, and commodity; and the future. Each essay offers insight and thoughtful discourse on these popular musical styles and their roles within the black community and in American culture as a whole. References are included for each essay., While jazz and rap are musical genres popular among people of numerous racial and social backgrounds, they are truly important historically for their representation of and impact upon African American culture and traditions. Essays in this volume offer interdisciplinary study of jazz and rap as they relate to black culture in America., Music is an expressive voice of a culture, often more so than literature. While jazz and rap are musical genres popular among people of numerous racial and social backgrounds, they are truly important historically for their representation of and impact upon African American culture and traditions. This collection of essays offers interdisciplinary study of these musical styles as they relate to black culture in America. The essays are grouped under sections. One examines an Afrocentric approach to understanding jazz and rap; another, the history, culture, performers, instruments, and political role of jazz and rap. There are sections on the expressions of jazz in dance and literature; rap music as art, social commentary, and commodity; and the future. Each essay offers insight and thoughtful discourse on these popular musical styles and their roles within the black community and in American culture as a whole. References are included for each essay.
LC Classification NumberML3508.A47 2001
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