<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Bringing critical theory to bear on music, this book argues that the jazz form models progressive social relations through its foregrounding of a communal self, an African-American subjectivity that demands recognition of black humanity and alterity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Bringing critical theory to bear on music, this book argues that the jazz form models progressive social relations through its foregrounding of a "communal self," an African-American subjectivity that demands recognition of black humanity and alterity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Okiji's book is a rare treat, unexpected in its outcome, and unconventional in its methodological approach.--James B. Haile III "<i>The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism</i>"<br><br><i>Jazz As Critique</i> serves as an invaluable resource for thinking about the types of listening and conversations that need to take place in order to confront today's outstanding racial injustice and inequalities.--Alexander K. Rothe, Core Lecturer "Columbia University"<br><br>A lucidly argued, historically grounded, theoretically sophisticated, and timely book, <i>Jazz as Critique</i> redraws our maps of the relationship between black cultures, jazz music, and critical theory.--Alexander G. Weheliye "Northwestern University"<br><br>Fumi Okiji combines a serious understanding of Adorno with a powerful portrayal of the black experience in the United States and melds it all with an encyclopedic knowledge of and respect for the jazz tradition. The world needs a book like this, as much as it needs jazz.--Martin Shuster "Goucher College"<br><br>This important and engagingly written study offers new angles of vision on Adorno's notorious 'jazz critique, ' on the nature of the jazz work, and on jazz's utopian promise. Informed both by a judicious reading of Adorno and by considerable jazz literacy, it illuminates the intersections of critical theory, jazz studies, and African American studies.--Lorenzo C. Simpson "Stony Brook University"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Fumi Okiji</b> is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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