‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’: Afro-Danish jazz band Harlem Kiddies and discourses of race and resistance in 1940s Denmak
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‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’ : Afro-Danish jazz band Harlem Kiddies and discourses of race and resistance in 1940s Denmak. / Dvinge, Anne.
In: African and Black Diaspora, Vol. 7, No. 1, 18.11.2013, p. 10-21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’
T2 - Afro-Danish jazz band Harlem Kiddies and discourses of race and resistance in 1940s Denmak
AU - Dvinge, Anne
PY - 2013/11/18
Y1 - 2013/11/18
N2 - In 1940, three young Afro-Danes came together to form what was to become one of the most popular swing bands in Scandinavia, the Harlem Kiddies. This essay seeks to investigate the performance and reception history of the orchestra, especially during the years of the German occupation. This essay argues that the Harlem Kiddies became double signifiers of resistance, and their performance strategies complicate and contradict essentialist notions of race, nation, and cultural identity.
AB - In 1940, three young Afro-Danes came together to form what was to become one of the most popular swing bands in Scandinavia, the Harlem Kiddies. This essay seeks to investigate the performance and reception history of the orchestra, especially during the years of the German occupation. This essay argues that the Harlem Kiddies became double signifiers of resistance, and their performance strategies complicate and contradict essentialist notions of race, nation, and cultural identity.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Denmark
KW - Jazz
KW - Race
KW - german occupation
KW - cultural identity
KW - Performance
KW - Afro-Dansk jazz band
KW - Harlem Kiddies
KW - Race
KW - kulturel identitet
KW - den tyske besættelse
U2 - 10.1080/17528631.2013.858916
DO - 10.1080/17528631.2013.858916
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 10
EP - 21
JO - African and Black Diaspora
JF - African and Black Diaspora
SN - 1752-8631
IS - 1
ER -
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