Freedom Sounds
Author | : Ingrid Monson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2007-10-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195128253 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195128257 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Download or read book Freedom Sounds written by Ingrid Monson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom Sounds addresses the impact of the Civil Rights Movement and African Independence on jazz in the 1950s and 60s, and develops a new framework for thinking through the relationships among music, politics, aesthetics, and activism by carefully addressing the hot button racial and economic issues that generated contentious and soul-searching debate.