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Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis

- A Twentieth-Century Transnational Biography

About Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis

This book examines Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis as distinctively global symbols of threatening and nonthreatening black masculinity. It centers them in debates over U.S. cultural exceptionalism, noting how they have been part of the definition of jazz as a jingoistic and exclusively American form of popular culture.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781498567534
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 226
  • Published:
  • June 20, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 154x219x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 340 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 17, 2025

Description of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis

This book examines Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis as distinctively global symbols of threatening and nonthreatening black masculinity. It centers them in debates over U.S. cultural exceptionalism, noting how they have been part of the definition of jazz as a jingoistic and exclusively American form of popular culture.

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