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Soundscapes of liberation : African American music in postwar France
Title
Soundscapes of liberation : African American music in postwar France / Celeste Day Moore.
ISBN
1478021993
9781478021995
9781478013761
1478013761
9781478014690
1478014695
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
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Notes
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Summary
"Celeste Day Moore traces the popularity of African American music in postwar France to outline how it came to signify both state power and liberation for Francophone audiences throughout the world."-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
African American music in postwar France
e-Duke books scholarly collection 2021. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Moore, Celeste Day, 1980- Soundscapes of liberation. Durham : Duke University Press, 2021
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 30, 2024
Series
Refiguring American music
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Jazz en Libertè: The US Military and the Soundscape of Liberation
Writing Black, Talking Back: Jazz and the Value of African American Identity
Spinning Race: The French Record Industry and the Production of African American Music
Speaking in Tongues: The Negro Spiritual and the Circuits of Black Internationalism
The Voice of America: Radio, Race, and the Sounds of the Cold War
Liberation Revisited: African American Music and the Postcolonial Soundscape
Sounding like a Revolution.
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Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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