Jazz griots : music as history in the 1960s African American poem /

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Author / Creator:	Marcoux, Jean-Philippe, 1977- author.
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2012. ©2012
Description:	1 online resource (244 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism. Jazz in literature. Griots. African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. English language -- Rhythm. African Americans -- Intellectual life. American poetry -- African American authors. English language -- Rhythm. Griots. Jazz in literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404579

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ISBN:	9780739166741 0739166743 1306538769 9781306538763 9780739166734
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	To the endless questions, theoretical statements, and hypotheses about how Black poets transcribe jazz into the poetic format, this book, while providing a different approach to reading jazz poetry, attempts to answer the question, why do Black poets revert to jazz for poetic material. This book's answer is because jazz is Black History ritualized and performed, and jazz performance is storytelling.
Other form:	Print version: Marcoux, Jean-Philippe, 1977- Jazz griots : music as history in the 1960s African American poem. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, ©2012 x, 233 pages 9780739166734

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