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The shadow and the act : black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism

Title
The shadow and the act : black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism / Walton M. Muyumba.
Author
Muyumba, Walton M.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Description
xi, 216 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Ellison, Ralph > Criticism and interpretation
  • Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 > Criticism and interpretation
  • American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
  • Jazz in literature
  • Jazz > History and criticism
  • Improvisation (Music)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Vamping 'til ready -- Three ways of looking at a yardbird : Charlie Parker and the theorization of jazz improvisation in the work of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka -- Black is, black ain't : violence, black masculinity, and the novel as democratic symbol -- Cutting session : Baldwin as prizefighting intellectual, Baldwin as improvising intellectual -- Improvising over the changes : improvisation as intellectual and aesthetic practice in the transitional poems of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka -- Coda.
Call Number
Sc D 16-962
ISBN
  • 9780226554235 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226554242 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226554236 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226554244 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008048657
OCLC
262429500
Author
Muyumba, Walton M.
Title
The shadow and the act : black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism / Walton M. Muyumba.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc D 16-962
JFD 09-2426
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