| Dancing with de Beauvoir: Jazz and the French Contributor(s): Nettelbeck, Colin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0522851134 ISBN-13: 9780522851137 Publisher: Melbourne University OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2005 Annotation: The profound influence of jazz in French culture is addressed in this examination of the heterogeneous array of symbols that France associates with the art form. Since its debut at the end of World War I, jazz in France has embodied modernity, sexual liberation, and the promise of America, while also signifying an encroachment of American culture, African primitivism, social decadence, and moral decay. This study analyzes the production and reception of these symbolic associations as they appear in French cinema, music, literature, and cultural icons from de Beauvoir to Derrida. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 781.650 |
| LCCN: 2005362367 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.06" W x 9.36" (1.08 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Explores the synergies between jazz and the French. This cultural history teases out the threads of artistic collaborations and rivalries, revisits influential meetings, love affairs and friendships, and explores tensions in US-French relations, to show how jazz has helped shaped modern French culture. |