Swinging the Machine(1st Edition) Modernity, Technology, and African American Culture between the World Wars by JoelDinerstein Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Massachusetts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55849-383-4, ISBN: 1-55849-383-2
"In any age and any given society, cultural practices reflect the material circumstances of people's everyday lives. According to Joel Dinerstein, it was no different in America between the two World Wars-an era sometimes known as the "machine age"-when innovative forms of music and dance helped a newly urbanized population cope with the increased mechanization of modern life. Grand spectacles such as the Ziegfeld Follies and the movies ..."
"Cool. It was a new word and a new way to be, and in a single generation, it became the supreme compliment of American culture. The Origins of Cool in Postwar America uncovers the hidden history of this concept and its new set of codes that came to define a global attitude and style. As Joel Dinerstein reveals in this dynamic book, cool began as a stylish defiance of racism, a challenge to suppressed sexuality, a philosophy of individual ..."
"Celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of this iconic luxury fashion brand, this book presents a vibrant visual survey of Coach s continual exploration and redefinition of American style, infused with its distinctively cool New York City spirit. At the heart of Coach, arguably one the world s most recognizable fashion brands, is its effortless New York style, cutting-edge design, craftsmanship, and authenticity. This volume explores ..."
"Cool is a word of American English that has been integrated into the vocabulary of numerous languages around the globe. Today it is a term most often used in advertising trendy commodities, or, more generally, in promoting urban lifestyles in our postmodern age. But what is the history of the term “cool?" When has coolness come to be associated with certain modes of contemporary self-fashioning? On what grounds do certain nations claim ..."
Jazz(1st Edition) a Quick Immersion (Quick Immersions) by Dinerstein, Joel Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 2020 by Tibidabo Publishing, Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-949845-15-0, ISBN: 1-949845-15-X
"This book focuses on jazz's development in the African-American communities of five cities - New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City, New York, and Los Angeles - through a combination of urban studies, historical context, and key profiles of ..."
"This is the first work to trace the history of cool during the Cold War by exploring the intersections of film noir, jazz, existential literature, Method acting, blues, and rock and roll."
Swinging the Machine Modernity, Technology and African American Culture Between the World Wars (Hardback) by JoelDinerstein Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Massachusetts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55849-373-5, ISBN: 1-55849-373-5
"... himself had condemned in Winesburg, Ohio(iQig); Hecht noted that Anderson
did not spend much time in the 193os in cities, ... Ray Lewis White, ed.,
Sherwood Anderson's Memoirs: A Critical Edition (Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina ... Janet Groth and David Castronovo (Athens: Ohio University Press,
1995), 108-16; Chase, Men and Machines, 272-78, and ... 1934, 1,12; Geoffrey
Freeman Allen, Railways of the Twentieth Centu ..."
"Albert Camus, The Stranger (New York: Vintage International, 1989), 3. 67.
Matthew Ward, “Translator's Note,” in Camus, ... Walker Percy's lecture notes,
Camus Folder, Walker Percy Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson
Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 71. Beauvoir, America Day by
Day, 55; ... See, e.g., Walter Redfern, “Praxis and Parapraxis: Sartre's 'Le Mur,'” in
Jean-Paul Sartre Modern Critical View ..."
"Bruce Springsteen might be the quintessential American rock musician but his songs have resonated with fans from all walks of life and from all over the world. This unique collection features reflections from a diverse array of writers who explain what Springsteen means to them and describe how they have been moved, shaped, and challenged by his music. Contributors to Long Walk Home include novelists like Richard Russo, rock critics l ..."
"What does it mean when we say someone is cool? This luminous collection of portraits and film stills sheds new light on the term, its origins, and its evolution--with some surprising and provocative results. The term "cool" has become such a part of America's modern lexicon that it seems to have lost its meaning. This stellar collection of photographs from the National Portrait Gallery and from prominent artists, museums, and archives n ..."
JAZZ by DINERSTEIN, JOEL Softcover, Published 2023 by Tibidabo Ediciones S.A. ISBN-13: 978-84-19683-63-2, ISBN: 84-19683-63-9
JAZZ by DINERSTEIN, JOEL Softcover, Published 2020 by Tibidabo Ediciones ISBN-13: 978-84-13-47572-1, ISBN: 84-13-47572-4