Freedom sounds
Subtitle: civil rights call out to jazz and Africa
By: Ingrid Monson.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780195128253
Subjects: Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism; Jazz -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism; Jazz -- Social aspects -- United States; Jazz -- Political aspects -- United States; African-Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: 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 Fundraising from Freedom Now to the Freedom Rides. 6. Activism and Fundraising from Birmingham to Black Power. 7. The Debate Within: White Backlash, The New Thing, and Economics. 8. Aesthetic Agency and Self-Determination. 9. Coda.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Jim Crow, economics, and the politics of musicianship; title: Modernism, race, and aesthetics; title: Africa, the cold war and the diaspora at home; title: Activism and fundraising from freedom now to the freedom rides; title: Activism and fundraising from Birmingham to black power; title: The debate within: white backlash, the new thing, and economics; title: Aesthetic agency and self-determination.