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[Treitler] argues for art as multilevel affirmative action... Treitler's argument [is] buttressed, amplified, and intensified in beautifully fashioned essays — Musical America More…

By examining the history of leading black artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Sotiropoulos addresses an important and often overlooked aspect of African American history.... — Journal of American History More…

Marcus's rapt attention to what Elvis continues to mean is both transmitted and justified in a splendid piece of critical art ... a marvelous and profane book about a cultural symbol of cultural... — Los Angeles Times More…

Scott Saul's subject is the explosion of revolutionary jazz in the 1950s and 1960s driven by an engagement with the Black Power movement and the anti-suburban hipster counterculture. The principal... — The Wire More…