Thriving on a riff

Description:

This text explores the influence of jazz and blues in two key areas of cultural expression, literature and film, where these musics have often been inextricably linked with notions of racial identity and self-representation.

subjects: History and criticism,  Jazz in motion pictures,  Music and literature,  Intellectual life,  Jazz in literature,  American literature,  African Americans,  African American authors,  Motion pictures and music,  Blues (Music) in motion pictures,  Blues (Music) in literature,  History,  Literatur,  Schwarze,  Jazz,  Rezeption,  Blues,  Film,  American literature, african american authors, history and criticism,  American literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  Motion picture music, history and criticism,  African americans, intellectual life,  Blues (music), history and criticism,  Music in literature,  Jazz, history and criticism

Places: United States

Times: 20th century