{"product_id":"black-montmartre-in-the-jazz-age-paperback","title":"Black Montmartre in the Jazz Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Tomlinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn jazz age Montmartre, African American musicians arrived in response to a demand for American dance rhythms. Hallowed entertainment venues acquired jazz orchestras, and a plethora of clubs sprang up in the narrow streets around the rue Pigalle and the rue Fontaine, creating a jazz-fueled dance culture. On this self-contained island in Paris, far from their racist homeland, these performers established an imperfect utopia. In \u003ci\u003eBlack Montmartre in the Jazz Age, \u003c\/i\u003eRobert Tomlinson guides readers down these streets and into clubs and theaters in an eff ort to reveal what this unique neighborhood looked like to the Black Americans who were forced to search abroad for their American Dream. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough faced with resistance from some of their white compatriots--namely American media and clubgoers--a relatively benign and tolerant French society allowed Black artists to attain a level of social and economic achievement that was denied to them in the United States. \u003ci\u003eBlack Montmartre in the Jazz Age \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a focused and detailed narrative, undeveloped in previous studies, that depicts the decline of the clannish white \"society \u003ci\u003edancings\u003c\/i\u003e\" of the rue Caumartin and the parallel rise of Black-owned and -managed clubs in Pigalle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf the colorful, turbulent lives of these Black expatriates seem at times the trivial chatter of gossip columns, the battles they fought and the collaborations in which they engaged with white entrepreneurs constitute what Tyler Stovall called the \"nation's conflicted journey into the modern age,\" conflicts not without significance for our own time and mirrored by the microcosm of Black Montmartre.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eROBERT TOMLINSON is a Jamaican American artist and scholar of French literature. He is a professor emeritus in the French and Italian Department at Emory University. Author of more than a dozen peer-reviewed articles in both French and English, he has also written two previous books, \u003ci\u003eExiles: A Poem with Original Woodcuts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Fête Galante: Watteau et Marivaux\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978268868909,"sku":"9780820375021","price":30.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/p8EQpL_Doh9780820375021.webp?v=1775801367","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/black-montmartre-in-the-jazz-age-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}