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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alphonso McClendon (Drexel University, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.376kg ISBN: 9780857851277ISBN 10: 0857851276 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 29 January 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Dress Theory, Fashion and a Jazz Aesthetic 2 A Stylish History of Jazz: 1900-1960 3 A Narrative of Jazz Modernity 4 Assessing Elitism and Branding in Jazz 5 Gendered Identities, Ideologies and Cultural Difference 6 Subversive Representation: Vernacular, Dress and Morality 7 Narcotics and Jazz: A Fashionable Addiction 8 Beyond the Gardenia: Billie Holiday 9 Aesthetics of the Jazz Dandy 10 Philadelphia Nightlife, Nostalgia and Popular Culture Coda Appendix I: Recommended Listening Appendix II: Recommended Viewing Bibliography IndexReviewsIt is pleasing to find a new title on jazz as a cultural archive that does put the emphasis on an entirely unusual topic, namely the function, origin and development of a unique way of dressing and - if you want to - fashionable customization. -- Dr. A. Ebert Jive-Talk.com It is pleasing to find a new title on jazz as a cultural archive that does put the emphasis on an entirely unusual topic, namely the function, origin and development of a unique way of dressing and - if you want to - fashionable customization. -- Dr. A. Ebert Jive-Talk.com This work is particularly recommended for students and lovers of fashion, as well as lovers of Jazz. -- Daniele Camerlengo Suono Magazine, [Bloomsbury Translation] Author InformationAlphonso D. McClendon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fashion and Design & Merchandising in the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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