{"product_id":"the-jazz-problem-9781438494647","title":"The Jazz Problem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow jazz spurred a generational debate that reshaped American culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jazz Problem\u003c\/i\u003e shows how high schools and colleges were the primary sites of this generational debate around jazz, the century''s first cultural war. Schools were crucial sites of dispute between the worldviews of the late nineteenth century and the emerging modern world, one synonymous with jazz. As a major site of character formation where students came of age, high schools and colleges were the places where jazz was simultaneously celebrated and denigrated. Educators saw jazz as inseparable from other vices, such as smoking, drinking, \"immodest dress\" (for women), and some degree of sexual activity. Yet young people felt jazz was their music and relished the sense of generational autonomy that came with their affinity for jazz. This book offers a fresh and compelling look at the jazz controversy and how it shaped not only America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039808192855,"sku":"9781438494647","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jazz-problem-9781438494647","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}