Harlem nights : the secret history of Australia's Jazz age / Deirdre O'Connell
- Bib ID:
- 8625963
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- O'Connell, Deirdre, author
- Description:
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- Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2021
- ©2021
- xvi, 408 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780522877649 (paperback)
- Summary:
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The untold story of race and power in Australia's Jazz Age The 1920s were a time of wonder and flux, when Australians sensed a world growing smaller, turning faster-and, for some, skittering off balance. American movies, music and dance brought together what racial lines kept apart. A spirit of youthful rebellion collided with the promise of racial perfectibility, stirring deep anxieties in white nationalists and moral reformers. African-American jazz represented the type of modernism that cosmopolitan Australians craved-and the champions of White Australia feared. Enter Sonny Clay's Colored Idea. Snuck in under the wire by an astute promoter, the Harlem-style revue broke from the usual blackface minstrel fare, delivering sophisticated, liberating rhythms. The story of their Australian tour is a tale of conspiracy-a secret plan to kick out and keep out 'undesirable' expressions of modernism, music and race. From the wild jazz clubs of Prohibition-era LA to Indigenous women discovering a new world of black resistance, this anatomy of a scandal-fuelled frame-up brings into focus a vibrant cast of characters from Australia's Jazz Age.
- Notes:
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- "Sonny clay's colored idea"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-344) and index.
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