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Chapter 18 - The Figure of the Child Dancer in Harlem Renaissance Literature and Visual Culture

from Part IV - Performing the New Negro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2021

By
Rachel Farebrother
Edited by
Rachel Farebrother  and
Miriam Thaggert
Rachel Farebrother
Affiliation:
University of Swansea
Miriam Thaggert
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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Summary

This chapter provides an overview of the role of jazz during the period, noting the genre’s beginnings in African music patterns and its migration to unexpected areas such as Chicago and California. The chapter also briefly profiles major musicians and singers associated with jazz during the mid-twentieth century.

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history of jazzmigrationLangston HughesLouis ArmstrongDuke EllingtonBillie HolidayFats Waller
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A History of the Harlem Renaissance , pp. 325 - 344
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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