Date of Award
Summer 8-2020
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Arts Administration
Major Professor
James C Marchant
Second Advisor
Adam Falik
Third Advisor
Richard Read
Abstract
Jazz festivals occur in all parts of the world, small cities and metropolises, urban and rural landscapes, stadiums, churches, streets, and abandoned factories. Being a part of the entertainment industry, they have the potential to impact social change. Jazz festivals help us reconsider notions of identity and community, and their communal experience has the potential to undermine dominant social norms. The industry of jazz festivals is based on Black music and has a history of positive and negative social outcomes. Evaluating festivals through the symbolic meaning of music provides an optic into how festivals marginalize and exploit African American cultural contributions. The ethical approach of producing the festivals is meant to alter practice toward recognition of its role in pursuing social justice.
Recommended Citation
Bekenshtein, Olga, "Social Power of Jazz Festivals" (2020). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2809.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2809
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