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Tropical Riffs: Latin America and the Politics of Jazz

  • Author: Borge, Jason
Perhaps the book's most important contribution is the detailed look into emerging discourses of national identity and its entanglements with complex, and sometimes contradictory ideologies of... More…

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Contents

  • Acknowledgments vii
  • Introduction. Kindred Sounds and Latin Cats 1
  • 1. La Civilizada Selva: Latin America and the Jazz Age 13
  • 2. Dark Pursuits: Argentina, Race, and Jazz 51
  • 3. The Anxiety of Americanization: Jazz, Samba, and Bossa Nova 89
  • 4. The Hazards of Hybridity: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Mambo, and Revolution 131
  • 5. Liberation, Disenchantment, and the Afterlives of Jazz 163
  • Conclusion. The Cruelty of Jazz 195
  • Notes 201
  • Bibliography 237
  • Index 261