Jazz As Critique

Jazz As Critique
Author :
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 208
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781503605862
ISBN-13 : 1503605868
Rating : 4/5 (868 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Jazz As Critique by : Fumi Okiji

Download or read book Jazz As Critique written by Fumi Okiji and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “lucidly argued, historically grounded . . . and timely book” reexamines the relationship between black cultures, jazz music, and critical theory (Alexander G. Weheliye, Northwestern University). A sustained engagement with the work of Theodor Adorno, Jazz As Critique looks to jazz for ways of understanding the inadequacies of contemporary life. While Adorno's writings on jazz are notoriously dismissive, he has faith in the critical potential of some musical traditions. Music, he suggests, can provide insight into the controlling, destructive nature of modern society while offering a glimpse of more empathetic and less violent ways of being together in the world. Taking Adorno down a new path, Okiji calls attention to an alternative sociality made manifest in jazz. In response to writing that tends to portray it as a mirror of American individualism and democracy, she makes the case for jazz as a model of “gathering in difference.” Noting that this mode of subjectivity emerged in response to the distinctive history of black America, she reveals that the music cannot but call the integrity of the world into question.


Jazz As Critique Related Books

Jazz As Critique
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Fumi Okiji
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-04 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This “lucidly argued, historically grounded . . . and timely book” reexamines the relationship between black cultures, jazz music, and critical theory (Alex
Blowin' Hot and Cool
Language: en
Pages: 495
Authors: John Gennari
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the illustrious and richly documented history of American jazz, no figure has been more controversial than the jazz critic. Jazz critics can be revered or re
Blue Like Jazz
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Donald Miller
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04 - Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This contemporary classic gets a limited edition makeover with movie art and a new preface from Donald Miller. In print for nearly a decade, Blue Like Jazz has
Jazz in Search of Itself
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Larry Kart
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this engaging and astute anthology of jazz criticism, Larry Kart casts a wide net. Discussing nearly seventy major jazz figures and many of the music’s key
Jazzology
Language: en
Pages: 275
Authors: Robert Rawlins
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-07-01 - Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

(Jazz Instruction). A one-of-a-kind book encompassing a wide scope of jazz topics, for beginners and pros of any instrument. A three-pronged approach was envisi