TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGregor,Elizabeth Vihlen
TI  - Jazz and Postwar French Identity: Improvising the Nation
SN  - 9781498528771
AV  - ML3917.F8 -- .M347 2016eb 
U1  - 781.65094409045 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
KW  - Jazz - Social aspects - France - History - 20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Le Monde du jazz -- 2 The Gendered Jazz Public -- 3 The Question and Politics of Race -- 4 More than an American Music -- 5 Red, White, and Blue Notes: French Jazz -- 6 And What of Empire? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
N2  - In the decades following World War II, French jazz audiences engaged in a process that both challenged and reinforced ideas about their own nation and culture. By negotiating subjects such as youth culture, gender expectations, American consumer society, citizenship, racism, civil rights, and decolonization, the French jazz public expressed important beliefs about France's place in a fast-changing world and a desire to maintain a strong national identity in the face of globalization
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