Title: The jazz trope
First published: 2008
Description: "The Jazz Trope looks at the African American lifestyle through the lens of jazz, blues, and spirituals and pays homage to the pioneering efforts of Albert Murray, Ralph Ellison, Houston Baker, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ishmael Reed, Amiri Baraka, and other notable scholars who have related music to African American life and culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History and criticism, American literature, Intellectual life, African Americans, African American authors, Music and literature, Jazz in literature, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, African americans, intellectual life, Jazz, Music in literature
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century
LC classification: PS153.N5 H37 2008