Creolization and all that Jazz
by
Berndt Ostendorf
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Ralph Ellison once wrote that the rules of performance in American culture are jazz-shaped. This book explores the Afro-creole core culture of New Orleans as the mainspring of this energizing music. Much of the cultural capital of the city is buried in a complex, tripartite racial history, which threatens...