The product of our souls :: ragtime, race, and the birth of the Manhattan musical marketplace /

This work explores how African American performers, at the height of Jim Crow, transformed their racial difference into the mass-market commodity known as 'black music'. David Gilbert shows how they used the rhythmic sounds of ragtime, blues, and jazz to construct new representations of bl...

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1. Verfasser: Gilbert, David W. (David Walker), 1975- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
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Zusammenfassung:This work explores how African American performers, at the height of Jim Crow, transformed their racial difference into the mass-market commodity known as 'black music'. David Gilbert shows how they used the rhythmic sounds of ragtime, blues, and jazz to construct new representations of black identity, challenging preconceived ideas about race, culture, and modernity.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469622712
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9781469622705
146962270X