Swinging the machine : modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars / Joel Dinerstein
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- Author
- Dinerstein, Joel 1958-
- Contents
- Introduction, bodies and machines -- The tempo of life is out of control, and then righted -- The jazz train and American musical modernity -- African American modernism and the techno-dialogic : from John Henry to Duke Ellington -- Swinging the machines : big bands and streamliner trains -- The standardized white girl in the pleasure machine : the Ziegfeld Follies and Busby Berkeley's 1930s musicals -- Tap dancers rap back at the machine -- America's national folk dance : the Lindy hop -- The world of tomorrow...in the groove : swinging the New York World's Fair, 1939-40 -- Conclusion: the continuing importance of swinging the machine
- 2003
- C2003
- 20th century
- Type
- Music
- Physical description
- xiii, 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
- Place
- United States
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- African Americans--Intellectual life
- African Americans
- Swing (Music)--History
- African American dance--History
- Swing (Dance)--History
- African Americans in popular culture
- Popular culture--History
- Technology--Social aspects--History
- City and town life--History
- Civilization
- African American influences
- Record ID
- siris_sil_685836
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0