The Jazz Problem
Education and the Battle for Morality during the Jazz Age
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2023
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-9463-0 (ISBN)
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-9463-0 (ISBN)
How jazz spurred a generational debate that reshaped American culture.
The Jazz Problem 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.
The Jazz Problem 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.
Jacob Hardesty is Dean of the College of Social Science, Commerce, and Education and Associate Professor of Education at Rockford University.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Chicago and the Urban Jazz Problem
2. White Educators and Jazz: Moral Outrage and Musical Corruption
3. Jazz and Black High Schools: Preserving the Spiritual and Promoting Racial Pride
4. The “Jazz Problem” in Higher Education: Attitudes of College Students and Faculty
5. The Dance Craze on Campus: Negotiations and Public Perceptions
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 4 |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 227 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4384-9463-7 / 1438494637 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-9463-0 / 9781438494630 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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