Description: Further DetailsTitle: Dan Burley's JiveCondition: NewAuthor: Thomas AielloContributor: Thomas Aiello (Edited by)Format: PaperbackISBN-10: 0875806236EAN: 9780875806235ISBN: 9780875806235Publisher: Northern Illinois University PressGenre: Language & ReferenceTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Date: 09/15/2009Description: This book is a gem, and its reprinting highlights the contributions of one of the most creative and socially conscious wordsmiths in American history.— H. Samy Alim, UCLA, author of Roc the Mic Right This retro volume combines two brilliant and long out-of-print books, Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive (1944) and Diggeth Thou? (1959) by Dan Burley, with an introduction by Thomas Aiello. Burley was a journalist and sportswriter who worked for various African American newspapers and magazines, including the Chicago Defender, Chicago Crusader, New York New Amsterdam News, Jet, and Ebony in both Chicago and New York in the 1920s through the 1950s. Although he did not invent jive, throughout the 1940s Burley's Handbook fostered it, popularized it, and broadened its use beyond the cloister of the jazz community. Jive acted as an invisible conduit between the new urban linguistics and the inevitably square world. Burley's goal was to inform readers about this new language, as well as to entertain. Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive offers a history of and definition for jive, followed by examples of folktales, poetry, and Shakespeare "translated" into jive. The work also includes a jive glossary for easy reference. Burley followed up the success of the Handbook with Diggeth Thou?, which includes more stories told in jive. These rare books sparkle with wit and humor and offer a flashback to the world of New York's and Chicago's hepcats and chicks. Aiello's work will allow Burley's fascinating take on jive to reach a new generation of readers and scholars. Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 454gRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Dan Burley's Jive
Title: Dan Burley's Jive
Contributor: Thomas Aiello (Edited by)
ISBN-10: 0875806236
EAN: 9780875806235
ISBN: 9780875806235
Genre: Language & Reference
Topic: Social Sciences
Release Date: 09/15/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
Publication Name: Dan Burley's Jive
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: American / African American, United States / 20th Century, General, Humor, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections, History
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Thomas Aiello
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
