Swing Changes: Big-Band Jazz in New Deal America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674858268)

Bands were playing, people were dancing, the music business was booming. It was the big-band era, and swing was giving a new shape and sound to American culture. Swing Changes looks at New Deal America through its music and shows us how the contradictions and tensions within swing--over race, politics, its own cultural status, the role of women--mirrored those played out in the larger society. Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, newspapers, magazines, recordings, photographs, literature, and films, Swing Changes offers a vibrant picture of American society at a pivotal time, and a new perspective on music as a cultural force.

Author: David W. Stowe
ISBN-10: 0674858263
ISBN-13: 9780674858268
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1996
Pages: 299
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.88h x 5.87w x 0.88d