What is it about?
This chapter explores the relevance of both jazz music and the Los Angeles cityscacpe in "Jazz at Twelve", a short-story written by the African American author Wanda Coleman. The text analyzes how the black experience has traditionally been omitted in historical narravies of the West of the United States.
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Why is it important?
This chapter contributes, on the one hand, to vindicating the neglected legacy of a neglected female African American writer, Wanda Coleman and, on the other, to underscoring the omission of the black community in most narratives about the American West.
Perspectives
In this critical essay I have made a conscious effort to combine several theoretical methodologies, such as Western Studies, Jazz Studies, and African American Studies, in order to provide an analysis of a forgotten author like Wanda Coleman from a refreshing and innovative perspective.
JUAN IGNACIO GUIJARRO GONZALEZ
Universidad de Sevilla
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This page is a summary of: “Go West, Jazzman!” The Los Angeles Music Scene, Blackness, and Gender in Wanda Coleman’s Short Story “Jazz at Twelve”, July 2024, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004704442_005.
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