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Jazz is born of collaboration, improvisation, and listening. This book weaves an argument about how individuals can preserve and improve civic life in a democratic culture. It will appeal to scholars across disciplines as diverse as political science, performance studies, musicology, and literary criticism.

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"A provocative, well-written, original study of how Kenneth Burke and jazz musicians in performance both explore the complications of achieving e pluribus unum-the 'impossible American ought,' the many-in-one, the one-in-the-many." (Walton Muyumba, Indiana University)

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A Paperback / softback by Gregory Clark

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 25/02/2015
    ISBN13: 9780226218212, 978-0226218212
    ISBN10: 022621821X
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    Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Music reviews and criticism

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Jazz is born of collaboration, improvisation, and listening. This book weaves an argument about how individuals can preserve and improve civic life in a democratic culture. It will appeal to scholars across disciplines as diverse as political science, performance studies, musicology, and literary criticism.

    Trade Review
    "A provocative, well-written, original study of how Kenneth Burke and jazz musicians in performance both explore the complications of achieving e pluribus unum-the 'impossible American ought,' the many-in-one, the one-in-the-many." (Walton Muyumba, Indiana University)

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