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The Muse Is Music: Jazz Poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to Spoken Word

The Muse Is Music: Jazz Poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to Spoken Word

Jones, Meta Duewa

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Series: New Black Studies

Poetry CriticismJazz

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ISBN10: 0252079264
ISBN13: 9780252079269
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: Feb 1 2013
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This wide-ranging, ambitiously interdisciplinary study traces jazz's influence on African American poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary spoken word poetry. Examining established poets such as Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, and Nathaniel Mackey as well as a generation of up-and-coming contemporary writers and performers, Meta DuEwa Jones highlights the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality within the jazz tradition and its representation in poetry. Applying prosodic analysis to emphasize the musicality of African American poetic performance, she examines the gendered meanings evident in collaborative performances and in the criticism, images, and sounds circulating within jazz cultures.

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