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- Title
- FAU Waves of Blue - Fall 2010.
- Creator
- FAU Wind Ensemble, FAU Chamber Singers, Prescott, Kyle (Conductor), Fleitas, Patricia P. (Conductor), Klezmer Company Orchestra, Kula, Aaron (Music director), Coltman, Heather (Piano), Fioravante, Birgit (Soprano), Reynolds, Wendy (Soprano), Walters, Tim (Music director), Burganger, Judith (Piano), Treer, Leonid (Piano), Uwwallo Messengers
- Date Issued
- 2010-10-24
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3327102
- Subject Headings
- Wind ensembles, Chamber music, Jazz ensembles
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- Set of related objects
- Title
- Jazz discourse in Julio Cortazar's "Rayuela": Improvising a narrative.
- Creator
- Lewis-Scorza, Karen., Florida Atlantic University, Gosser Esquilin, Mary Ann
- Abstract/Description
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Julio Cortazar's preoccupation with the musicality of language celebrates the paradox of its intent to construct and convey meaning and its inability to be equated with actual human experience. His works expand traditional boundaries associated with the narrative form by encompassing characteristics typical of various forms of communication other than literary, which he engages for the purpose of seeking authenticity in all and every aspect of human existence. Rayuela, like a jazz musician's...
Show moreJulio Cortazar's preoccupation with the musicality of language celebrates the paradox of its intent to construct and convey meaning and its inability to be equated with actual human experience. His works expand traditional boundaries associated with the narrative form by encompassing characteristics typical of various forms of communication other than literary, which he engages for the purpose of seeking authenticity in all and every aspect of human existence. Rayuela, like a jazz musician's improvisation, is Cortazar's testimony; although not explicitly autobiographical, its fluidity and lack of constructed pretension allow for a direct bridge of communication between author, narrative, and reader akin to the experience of jazz performance. Like a musical improvisation, Rayuela juxtaposes the serious elements of structure and logical sequencing with a playful, intuitive imagination that succeeds in catapulting the reader into new worlds which, like an individual improvised solo, is never repeated in exactly the same way.
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- 2000
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15790
- Subject Headings
- Cortázar, Julio--Rayuela, Jazz in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- “Satan in high heels”: representation of the feminine in the American popular songbook and its impact on performance, interpretation, and audience reception.
- Creator
- Bridwell-Briner, Kathryn E., Walters, Tim, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-12
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361912
- Subject Headings
- Feminism and music, Jazz vocals, Femininity in music, Jazz vocals, Cabaret
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The cultural politics of commercial jazz.
- Creator
- Cartwright, Joan R., Florida Atlantic University, Budd, Michael N.
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis examines jazz music first as a language developed by African-Americans to communicate their desire for personal freedom and community, then as a commodity exploited by the commercial music industry dominated by European-Americans. Ownership and the ideology of critics are specific problems of cultural politics which hinder African-American innovators from attaining the commercial success enjoyed by white imitators, producers, and critics. Because real jazz is the creation of...
Show moreThis thesis examines jazz music first as a language developed by African-Americans to communicate their desire for personal freedom and community, then as a commodity exploited by the commercial music industry dominated by European-Americans. Ownership and the ideology of critics are specific problems of cultural politics which hinder African-American innovators from attaining the commercial success enjoyed by white imitators, producers, and critics. Because real jazz is the creation of African-American musicians struggling to have a voice in society, it is critically denounced and underexposed, lauded and rewarded far less than commercial jazz, its diluted counterpart designed for mass consumption rather than for nationalistic expression. European-Americans largely determine the commercial fortunes of jazz because they control the entertainment industry which consists of publishing, recording, literature, radio, television and film.
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- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15001
- Subject Headings
- Jazz, Music and race, African Americans--Music, Music--Economic aspects--United States
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Thick love" vs. "thin love": The maternal role in the African American attainment of individuation in Morrison's "Jazz" and "Beloved".
- Creator
- Waite, Simone Lora., Florida Atlantic University, Furman, Andrew
- Abstract/Description
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In Jazz and Beloved Morrison explores the difficulties of the acquisition of selfhood for African Americans. In the novels, Morrison examines these difficulties focussing especially on the maternal role. Offering no facile solutions, these narratives do share characteristics common to individuals attaining individuation. A person's relationship with the mother and ability to confront his history, no matter how painful, are integral elements to any presence of self-worth. Although far from...
Show moreIn Jazz and Beloved Morrison explores the difficulties of the acquisition of selfhood for African Americans. In the novels, Morrison examines these difficulties focussing especially on the maternal role. Offering no facile solutions, these narratives do share characteristics common to individuals attaining individuation. A person's relationship with the mother and ability to confront his history, no matter how painful, are integral elements to any presence of self-worth. Although far from didactic, one truth examined in the novels is the need for Africans in America to create their own definitions of their history. African American figures, maternal and otherwise have been traditionally defined by the oppressive society, using stereotypes inherited from slavery. Jazz and Beloved are reclamations of these definitions. Reclamations Morrison has asserted are necessary for the posterity of her people. How do African Americans attain selfhood when they do not even own themselves? The solutions to this problem are multifaceted. Morrison's novels urge the African American to confront the history and redefine myths that have often undermined the process.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15662
- Subject Headings
- Morrison, Toni--Criticism and interpretation, Morrison, Toni--Beloved, Morrison, Toni--Jazz, African American women in literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
