دانلود کتاب Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
by Penny M. Von Eschen
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عنوان فارسی: ساچمو تا ضربات جهان: جاز سفیران بازی جنگ سرد |
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Through the stories of gigs and tours, Von Eschen articulates the amazing interconnection between the agendas of the State Department and the progressive ideas of the artists themselves (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 126-128). Von Eschen shows us the artist's efforts to redefine the boundaries and realign the contours in an effort to redefine America on the world stage. The artists engaged their audiences both in concert and after hours, through official political statements and/or romantic liaisons (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 121-147). The musicians broke through official government limits and allowed their audiences an unorthodox and unmatched view of the black American experience (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 43-47). Though initially planned as a color-blind foisting of democracy, this one of a kind Cold War strategy unintentionally showed the essential role of African Americans, as stated previously, in U.S. national culture. The new collaborations developed between Americans and the formerly colonized peoples of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East instead fostered a sense of solidarity and pride (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 71-72 and 75-76).