Music Is My Life is the first comprehensive analysis of Louis Armstrong's autobiographical writings (including his books, essays, and letters) and their relation to his musical and visual performances. Combining approaches from autobiography theory, literary criticism, intermedia studies, cultural history, and musicology, Daniel Stein reconstructs Armstrong's performances of his life story across various media and for different audiences, complicating the monolithic and hagiographic views of the musician. The book will appeal to academic readers with an interest in African American studies, jazz studies, musicology, and popular culture, as well as general readers interested in Armstrong's life and music, jazz, and twentieth-century entertainment. While not a biography, it provides a key to understanding Armstrong's oeuvre as well as his complicated place in American history and twentieth-century media culture.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
ISBN-13
9780472071807
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178054370
Product Key Features
Author
Daniel Stein
Publication Name
Music Is My Life: Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Daniel Stein
Series Title
Jazz Perspectives
Topic
Music
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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