Swinging the machine : modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars

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Title:

Swinging the machine : modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars

Author:

Dinerstein, Joel, 1958-

Personal Author:

Dinerstein, Joel, 1958-

Publication Information:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2003]

Physical Description:

xiii, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

Introduction, bodies and machines -- The tempo of life is out of control, and then righted -- The jazz train and American musical modernity -- African American modernism and the techno-dialogic : from John Henry to Duke Ellington -- Swinging the machines : big bands and streamliner trains -- The standardized white girl in the pleasure machine : the Ziegfeld Follies and Busby Berkeley's 1930s musicals -- Tap dancers rap back at the machine -- America's national folk dance : the Lindy hop -- The world of tomorrow...in the groove : swinging the New York World's Fair, 1939-40 -- Conclusion: the continuing importance of swinging the machine.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Music -- 20th century.

Swing (Music) -- History.

African American dance -- History -- 20th century.

Swing (Dance) -- United States -- History.

African Americans in popular culture.

Technology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

City and town life -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Civilization -- African American influences.

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