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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)

Civic Jazz

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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

    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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