Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Klotz, Kelsey A. K.
Titre(s) : Dave Brubeck and the performance of whiteness [Texte imprimé] / Kelsey Klotz
Publication : New York [New York] : Oxford University Press, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : xi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index
"How can we-historians, writers, musicians, audiences-understand the legacy and impact
of a musician like Dave Brubeck? It is undeniable that Brubeck leveraged his fame
as a jazz musician and status as a composer for social justice causes, and in doing
so, held to a belief system that, during the civil rights movement, modeled a progressive
approach to race and race relations. It is also true that it took Brubeck, like others,
some time to understand the full spectrum of racial power dynamics at play in post-WWII,
early Cold War, and civil rights America. Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness
uses Brubeck's mid-century performances of whiteness across his professional, private,
and political lives as a starting point to understand mid-century whiteness, privilege,
and white supremacy more fully. How is whiteness performed, and re-performed? How
do particular traits become inscribed with whiteness, and further, how do those traits,
now racialized in a listener's mind, filter the sounds a listener hears? To what extent
was Brubeck's whiteness made by others? How did audiences and critics use Brubeck
to craft their own identities centered in whiteness? Drawing on archival records,
recordings, and previously conducted interviews, Dave Brubeck and the Performance
of Whiteness listens closely for the complex and shifting frames of mid-century whiteness,
and how they shaped the experiences of Brubeck, his critics, and his audiences. Throughout,
author Kelsey Klotz asks what happens when a musician tries to intervene, using his
white privilege as a tool with which to disrupt structures of white supremacy, even
as whiteness continues to retain its hold on its beneficiaries"
Sujet(s) : Brubeck, Dave (1920-2012) -- Critique et interprétation
Indice(s) Dewey :
781.650 92 (23e éd.) = Jazz - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780197525074. - ISBN 0197525075. - ISBN 9780197525104 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47283311n
Notice n° :
FRBNF47283311
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : Buying the myth ; "Any jackass can swing" : Sounds in Black and White
; Professors, housewives, and playboys : The jazz converts ; (In)Visible men : White
recognition and trust ; "We want to play in the South" : Brubeck's Southern strategy
; Negotiating Jewish identity in the gates of justice ; Conclusion : Evading whiteness.
