The color of jazz
Subtitle: race and representation in postwar American culture
By: Jon Panish.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Jazz in literature.; Jazz -- Social aspects -- United States.; Race in literature.; United States -- Race relations.
Description: This study of America's attitudes toward jazz focuses on a momentous period in postwar history - from the end of World War II to the beginning of the Black Power Movement. Exploring the diverse representations of jazz and jazz musicians in literature and popular culture, it connects this uneven reception and skewed use of jazz with the era's debates about race and racial difference.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-160) and index.