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BL
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711332
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b533521
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| Main Entry
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Muyumba, Walton M
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| Title & Author
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The shadow and the act : : black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism /\ Walton M. Muyumba
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2009
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xi, 216 p. ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0226554236 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226554244 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780226554235 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780226554242 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: Vamping 'til ready -- Three ways of looking at a yardbird : Charlie Parker and the theorization of jazz improvisation in the work of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka -- Black is, black ain't : violence, black masculinity, and the novel as democratic symbol -- Cutting session : Baldwin as prizefighting intellectual, Baldwin as improvising intellectual -- Improvising over the changes : improvisation as intellectual and aesthetic practice in the transitional poems of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka -- Coda
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Baldwin, James,1924-1987-- Criticism and interpretation
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Baraka, Amiri,1934-Criticism and interpretation
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Ellison, Ralph-- Criticism and interpretation
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American literature-- African American authors-- History and criticism
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Improvisation (Music)
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Jazz in literature
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Jazz-- History and criticism
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/3578
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| LC Classification
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PS153.N5M89 2009
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