Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ204039
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Afro-American Innovation and the Folk Tradition in Jazz: Their Historical Significance.
Kofsky, Frank
Journal of Ethnic Studies, v7 n1 p1-12 Spr 1979
This paper illustrates the ways in which the social environment can confer advantages on Black youth with respect to the playing of Afro-American music. The significance of mechanisms that Blacks have elaborated to maintain certain aspects of their culture for the writing of Black history is also explored. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Culture, Black History, Black Power, Black Youth, Cultural Awareness, Folk Culture, Jazz, Literature Reviews, Opinions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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