TY  - CHAP
AU  - Saito, Yoshiomi
AB  - From the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, jazz was harnessed as America’s "sonic weapon" to promote an image to the world of a free and democratic America. Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and other well-known jazz musicians were sent around the world – including to an array of Communist countries – as "jazz ambassadors" in order to mitigate the negative image associated with domestic racial problems. While many non-Americans embraced the Americanism behind this jazz diplomacy without question, others criticized American domestic and foreign policies while still appreciating jazz – thus jazz, despite its popularity, also became a medium for expressing anti-Americanism. This book examines the development of jazz outside America, including across diverse historical periods and geographies – shedding light on the effectiveness of jazz as an instrument of state power within a global political context.
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1007822
KW  - Arts
KW  - Music
KW  - Western Music Styles (Early & Classical)
KW  - 20th Century Music
KW  - Popular Music
KW  - Jazz
KW  - Humanities
KW  - History
KW  - Contemporary History 1945-
KW  - The Cold War
KW  - Media & Film Studies
KW  - Popular Music
KW  - History of Popular Music
KW  - Politics & International Relations
KW  - International Relations
KW  - Foreign Policy
KW  - International Relations Theory
KW  - International Political Economy
KW  - International Politics
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/f562b4b2-3258-4489-b72e-60948da40106/9780367182984_oaintroduction.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22357
PB  - Taylor & Francis
PY  - 2020
SN  - 9780429060595
TI  - Chapter Introductionnull
ER  - 
