Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness by Kelsey Klotz - 9780197525074

Name: Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness by Kelsey Klotz - 9780197525074
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc

Oxford University Press Inc

Dave Brubeck and the Performance of WhitenessAuthor(s): Kelsey Klotz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780197525074, 978-0197525074\nSynopsis\nHow can we--jazz fans, musicians, writers, and historians--understand the legacy and impact of a musician like Dave Brubeck? It is undeniable that Brubeck leveraged his fame as a jazz musician and status as a composer for social justice causes, and in doing so, held to a belief system that, during the civil rights movement, modeled a progressive approach to race and race relations. It is also true that it took Brubeck, like others, some time to understand the full spectrum of racial power dynamics at play in post-WWII, early Cold War, and civil rights-era America.\n\nDave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness uses Brubeck's performances of whiteness across his professional, private, and political lives as a starting point to understand the ways in which .