02321namaa2200457uu 4500 doab37435 oapen 20260305123946.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 210210s2020 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9780429060595 9780429060595 10.4324/9780429060595 doi oapen oapen eng dc A bicssc JP bicssc NH bicssc Saito, Yoshiomi aut The Global Politics of Jazz in the Twentieth Century Cultural Diplomacy and "American Music" Taylor & Francis 2020 1 online resource (208 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star From the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, jazz was harnessed as America's "sonic weapon" to promote an image to the world of a free and democratic America. Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and other well-known jazz musicians were sent around the world - including to an array of Communist countries - as "jazz ambassadors" in order to mitigate the negative image associated with domestic racial problems. While many non-Americans embraced the Americanism behind this jazz diplomacy without question, others criticized American domestic and foreign policies while still appreciating jazz - thus jazz, despite its popularity, also became a medium for expressing anti-Americanism. This book examines the development of jazz outside America, including across diverse historical periods and geographies - shedding light on the effectiveness of jazz as an instrument of state power within a global political context. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English History bicssc Politics and government bicssc The Arts bicssc Arts humanities international relations politics DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37435 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 92707 92707