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Subject(s)

• American poetry—20th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Jazz in literature [Browse]
• American poetry—African American authors—History and criticism [Browse]
• African Americans—Intellectual life—20th century [Browse]
• Music and literature—History—20th century [Browse]
• African American musicians in literature [Browse]
• African Americans in literature [Browse]
• Jazz musicians in literature [Browse]
• English language—Rhythm [Browse]

Series

• New Black studies series [More in this series]
• The new Black studies series

Summary note

"This wide-ranging, ambitiously interdisciplinary study traces jazz's influence on African American poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary spoke word poetry." -- Back cover

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Riff, remembrance, and revision
• Listening to what the ear demands : Langston Hughes on the (jazz) record
• Jazz prosody : the gendered contours of the post-soul Coltrane poem
• New traditions, new translations
• Opening the canary's cage : sex, gender, and the jazz body
• A cave canem continuum or a dark room renaissance : from jazz improvisation to hip-hop stylization
• Epilogue
• When the muse is music: scripting collaboration and improvisation.

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ISBN

• 0252036212 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780252036217 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010046897

OCLC

682145442

RCP

H - S

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