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| | Crossovers | Szwed, John |
 | | Crossovers brings together four decades of popular and academic writings by folklorist, anthropologist, and jazz scholar John Szwed. |
 | | Also included are pieces on the prehistory of hip hop, the blues, popular dance instruction songs, tap dance, and African American set dancing; creole writing and creolization; race and culture;and authenticity, representation, nostalgia, and obscenity in American popular culture, with excursions into jazz in Africa, Russia, and Argentina. |
 | | Written about a country with cultural crossroads everywhere, where the question of race is thoroughly woven into the fabric of society, these essays cross boundaries and shed light on the complexities of American life. |
| www.upenn.edu /pennpress/book/14161.html (230 words) |
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