Co-Workers in the Kingdom of Culture: Black Swan Records and the Political Economy of African American Music

Suisman, David

doi:10.2307/3660349

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“…Though they were active contributors to music, dance and other creative practices, these contributions were often curtailed by their social position. Black record companies were frequently out-competed or bullied out of existence (a point David Suisman addresses in his discussion of the Black Swan label [Suisman, 2004]). In the 1920s black radio stations, though common in the early days of radio in the USA were eventually marginalized by the introduction of broadcasting legislation (Vaillant, 2002).…”

Section: History Of African American Vernacular Dancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…. Coon songs were a popular style of comic songs based on caricatures of Negro life, usually sung in "dialect"' (Suisman, 2004(Suisman, : 1296. Black men and women who simply spoke out in public were so routinely subjected to violence and murder in the south of America until the 1960s -with legislative protection for their attackers (Gussow, 2002: 14) -that to speak of mediated power is highly problematic.…”

Section: History Of African American Vernacular Dancementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Practical Politics of Step-Stealing and Textual Poaching

Carroll

2008

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Since their revival in the 1980s, lindy hop and other swing dances have become increasingly popular with middle-class youth. There are hundreds of vibrant local swing-dance communities throughout the developed world, and in each, dancing is the most important form of social interaction. Yet despite this emphasis on embodied cultural practice, swing dancers make great use of digital online technology, from YouTube and the exchange of digital audio-visual clips to discussion boards, instant messaging and email. Despite the transgressive and subversive history of swing dances in African American communities, the extent to which these legacies are taken up by contemporary swing dancers is a matter of debate. This article considers the uses of online audio-visual media by contemporary swing dancers and the extents to which they might realize their resistant history.

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Section: History Of African American Vernacular Dancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: History Of African American Vernacular Dancementioning

confidence: 99%