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Imperial blues : geographies of race and sex in jazz age New York  Cover Image E-book E-book

Imperial blues : geographies of race and sex in jazz age New York / Fiona I.B. Ngô.

Ngô, Fiona I. B., (author.).

Summary:

Focusing on the representations of distant lands and exotic bodies that filled the nightclubs of Jazz Age New York, Fiona I.B. Ngô shows how U.S. ambitions abroad shaped racial, gendered, and sexual formations at home.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0822377330
  • ISBN: 9780822377337
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : illustrations
  • Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:july.24
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references 231-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Desire and danger in jazz's contact zones -- Queer modernities -- Orienting subjectivities -- Dreaming of Araby -- Academic indiscretions.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Arts and society > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Imperialism.
Minorities > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Arts et société > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Impérialisme.
Arts and society
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Immigrants > Intellectual life
Imperialism
Minorities > Intellectual life
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
New York (State) > New York
Genre: History


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