Swinging the machine
Subtitle: modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars
By: Joel Dinerstein.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; African Americans -- Music -- 20th century; Swing (Music) -- History; African American dance -- History -- 20th century; Swing (Dance) -- United States -- History; African Americans in popular culture; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; City and town life -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Civilization -- African American influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, bodies and machines; title: The tempo of life is out of control, and then righted; title: The jazz train and American musical modernity; title: African American modernism and the techno-dialogic : from John Henry to Duke Ellington; title: Swinging the machines : big bands and streamliner trains; title: The standardized white girl in the pleasure machine : the Ziegfeld Follies and Busby Berkeley's 1930s musicals; title: Tap dancers rap back at the machine; title: America's national folk dance : the Lindy hop; title: The world of tomorrow...in the groove : swinging the New York World's Fair, 1939-40; title: Conclusion: the continuing importance of swinging the machine.