Tropical Riffs: Latin America And The Politics Of Jazz - 9780822369875

Jason Borge traces how jazz helped forge modern identities and national imaginaries in Latin America during the mid-twentieth century, showing how throughout the region, jazz functioned as a conduit through which debates about race, sexuality, nation, technology, and modernity raged in newspapers, magazines, literature, and film.

• | Author: Jason Borge
• | Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 02, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 280 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0822369877
• | ISBN-13: 9780822369875