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Race, Music, and National Identity
Images of Jazz in American Fiction, 1920-1960
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192 pages
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The book explores how jazz in narrative fiction served as a platform to reflect and address national anxieties during the U.S.'s transition from isolationism to a global superpower. It illustrates how jazz narratives were employed to justify this significant paradigm shift to American audiences, highlighting the cultural and political implications of this musical genre during a transformative period in history.
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2008, hardcover
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