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Auteur(s) : Gillett, Rachel Anne
Titre(s) : At home in our sounds [Texte imprimé] : music, race, and cultural politics in interwar Paris / Rachel Anne Gillett
Publication : New York, NY : Oxford University Press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : xvii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"At Home in Our Sounds: Music, Race, and Cultural Politics in Interwar Paris shows
how and why music became part of the social changes Europe faced in the aftermath
of World War One. It focuses on the story of black music in Paris and the people who
created it, enjoyed it, criticised it and felt at home when they heard it. African
Americans, French Antilleans, and French West Africans wrote, danced, sang, and acted
politically in response to the heightened visibility of racial difference in Paris
during this era. They were consumed with questions that continue to resonate today.
Could one be black and French? Was black solidarity more important than national and
colonial identity? How could French culture include the experiences and contributions
of Africans and Antilleans? From highly educated women, like the Nardal sisters of
Martinique, to the working black musicians performing in crowded nightclubs at all
hours, At Home in Our Sounds gives a fully rounded view of black reactions to jazz
in interwar Paris. It places that phenomenon in its historic and political context,
and in doing so shows how music and music-making formed a vital terrain of cultural
politics. It shows how music-making brought people together around pianos, on the
dancefloor, and through reading and gossip, but it did not erase the political and
regional and national differences between them. It shows that many found a home in
Paris but did not always feel at home. This book reveals these dimensions of music-making,
race, and cultural politics in interwar Paris"
Sujet(s) : Musique et société -- Paris (France) -- 1900-1945
Jazz -- Société -- Paris (France) -- 1900-1945
Noirs -- Paris (France) -- 1900-1945
Relations interethniques -- Paris (France) -- 1900-1945
Musique -- Paris (France) -- 1900-1945
Politique culturelle -- Paris (France) -- 1900-1945
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190842703. - ISBN 0190842709. - ISBN 9780190842727 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46789418h
Notice n° :
FRBNF46789418
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction. Setting Up : Jazz and Black Cultural Politics in Interwar Paris ;
"The Flip side of Jazz :" Black French reactions to the Tumulte Noir ; Jazzing around
or "How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down?" ; Performing racial difference at the Colonial Exposition
of 1931 ; Reclaiming the Biguine ; Clouds Gather and the Band Plays On ; Conclusion.
Overtones and Resonances.
