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  • Rethinking Miles Davis

    Edited by Roger Fagge, Nicolas Pillai, Tim Wall ...
    What hasn't been said about Miles Davis? Much has been written about the jazz trumpeter and band leader, yet studies of Davis are often restricted to the groundbreaking acoustic jazz he produced between the 1940s and 50s. While more recent studies revisit his 1960s and 1970s work, Davis' later engagements with music, fashion, and the mainstream media are ripe for reassessment. Rethinking Miles ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake

    A Social and Popular Dance Reader

    by Julie Malnig, Julie Malnig, Elizabeth Aldrich, Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Yvonne Daniel, Sherril Dodds, Lisa Doolittle, David F García, Nadine George-Graves, Jurretta Jordan Heckscher, Constance Valis Hill0, Karen W Hubbard1, Tim Lawrence2, Carol Martin3, Juliet McMains4, Terry Monaghan5, Halifu Osumare6, Sally R Sommer7, May Gwin Waggoner8, Tim Wall9, Christina Zanfagna0 ...
    This dynamic collection documents the rich and varied history of social dance and the multiple styles it has generated, while drawing on some of the most current forms of critical and theoretical inquiry. The essays cover different historical periods and styles; encompass regional influences from North and South America, Britain, Europe, and Africa; and emphasize a variety of methodological ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Studying Popular Music Culture

    by Tim Wall ...
    That rare thing, an academic study of music that seeks to tie together the strands of the musical text, the industry that produces it, and the audience that gives it meaning... A vital read for anyone interested in the changing nature of popular music production and consumption"- Dr Nathan Wiseman-Trowse, The University of NorthamptonPopular music entertains, inspires and even empowers, but where ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Media Studies

    Texts, Production, Context

    by Paul Long, Beth Johnson, Shana MacDonald, Schem Rogerson Bader, Tim Wall ...
    This thoroughly revised and updated third edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the various approaches to the field, explaining why media messages matter, how media businesses prosper and why media is integral to defining contemporary life.The text is divided into three parts – Media texts and meanings; Producing media; and Media and social contexts – exploring the ways in which various ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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    Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom

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  • To Be An Artist

    by Camille Colatosti ...
    To Be An Artist is a conversation with today’s successful and prominent artists from a variety of disciplinesâ€"musicians, visual artists, digital artists, poets, writers, activists and scholars. All of them discuss what it means to be an artist today, how they perceive their craft and their world, and the role of art in society. They agree that artists’ creativity and success come not only ... Read more

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  • Jazz Matters

    Sound, Place, and Time since Bebop

    by David Ake ...
    What, where, and when is jazz? To most of us jazz means small combos, made up mostly of men, performing improvisationally in urban club venues. But jazz has been through many changes in the decades since World War II, emerging in unexpected places and incorporating a wide range of new styles. In this engrossing new book, David Ake expands on the discussion he began in Jazz Cultures, lending his ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Country Boys and Redneck Women

    New Essays in Gender and Country Music

    Edited by Kristine M. McCusker, Diane Pecknold ...
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    Country music boasts a long tradition of rich, contradictory gender dynamics, creating a world where Kitty Wells could play the demure housewife and the honky-tonk angel simultaneously, Dolly Parton could move from traditionalist "girl singer" to outspoken trans rights advocate, and current radio playlists can alternate between the reckless masculinity of bro-country and the adolescent girlishness ... Read more

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  • Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams

    Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and '40s

    by Andrew S. Berish ...
    Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. In Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams: Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and '40s, Andrew Berish attempts to right this wrong, showcasing how American jazz defined a culture particularly preoccupied with place. By analyzing both the performances and cultural context of ... Read more

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  • Uptown Conversation

    The New Jazz Studies

    Edited by Robert O'Meally, Brent Hayes Edwards, Farah Jasmine Griffin ...
    Jackson Pollock dancing to the music as he painted; Romare Bearden's stage and costume designs for Alvin Ailey and Dianne McIntyre; Stanley Crouch stirring his high-powered essays in a room where a drumkit stands at the center: from the perspective of the new jazz studies, jazz is not only a music to define—it is a culture. Considering musicians and filmmakers, painters and poets, the intellectual ... Read more

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  • Hip

    The History

    by John Leland ...
    Hip: The History is the story of how American pop culture has evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as world cultural touchstone. How did hip become such an obsession? From sex and music to fashion and commerce, John Leland tracks the arc of ideas as they move from subterranean Bohemia to Madison Avenue and back again. Hip: The History examines how hip has helped shape - ... Read more

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  • Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?

    Essays

    by Jesse McCarthy ...
    **2022 Whiting Award Winner for NonfictionFinalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism)Best Books of the Year: TIME, Kirkus Reviews"This is a very smart and soulful book. Jesse McCarthy is a terrific essayist." —Zadie SmithA supremely talented young critic’s essays on race and culture, from Toni Morrison to trap, herald the arrival of a major new voice in American letters.**Ranging ... Read more

    $12.29 USD