European Jazz: A Comparative Investigation into the Reception and Impact of Jazz in Interwar Paris and the Weimar Republic

Authors

Douglas A. Kowalewski, Gettysburg CollegeFollow

Class Year

2018

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Both Paris and the Weimar Republic were fascinated with American jazz in the interwar period. Because of jazz's connection to African American culture, this fascination is linked with the themes of identity and race relations. This work will demonstrate that interwar Parisians were not always receptive of African Americans that played jazz, and that the citizens of the Weimar Republic were more aware of and interested in the African American culture that permeated jazz in the 1920s and 30s.

Recommended Citation

Kowalewski, Douglas A. (2018) "European Jazz: A Comparative Investigation into the Reception and Impact of Jazz in Interwar Paris and the Weimar Republic," The Gettysburg Historical Journal: Vol. 17, Article 8.
Available at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/ghj/vol17/iss1/8