著者

石田 依子

出版者

大島商船高等専門学校

雑誌

大島商船高等専門学校紀要 (ISSN:03879232)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.37, pp.87-98, 2004-11-01

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Through the black history in America, music has informed the collective consciousness of the black community in enduring ways. Music has permeated the daily life of most African-Americans, and it has played a central role in the normal socialization process. And during movements for social changes, it has helped to shape the necessary political consciousness. For example, it is the blues that this characteristic appears conspicuously. The roots of the blues date back to the times of slavery, and the blues express a state of mind that affirms the essential worth of black humanity. Indeed because the blues resides on a cultural consciousness which has remained closest to the ethnic heritage of African-Americans, it has been their central aesthetic expressions. The same goes for the jazz. The music called jazz was born at the end of the 19th century in New Orleans, which features prominently in early development of jazz. The jazz music is the America's greatest cultural achievement, and gives powerful voice of African-Americans. In this paper, I refer to the jazz history, and in the process, race is intrinsic to the issues. It is true that the jazz scene should be a place of relative racial harmony since it was born from a melding of black and white musical techniques and sensibilities. Even in its earliest days it was performed by both blacks and whites. However, as we shall see soon, the deepest part of the jazz springs from the African-American experience. Here, I would like to explore what had made the jazz revolttion so important to negro lives and so triumphant as a positive force in their life, both social and musical.

著者

石田 依子

出版者

大島商船高等専門学校

雑誌

大島商船高等専門学校紀要 (ISSN:03879232)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.36, pp.97-110, 2003-11-01

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A shocking matter may have been proved to be fact in the American history through a DNA testing, conducted by Dr. Eugine Foster. The alleged affair between Thomas Jefferson, the third President, and his slave, Sally Hemings, may prove to be not just a story but a historical fact. It probably began in 1788, when Jefferson stayed in Paris as an American Ambassador to France. This liaison continued until 1826 when Jefferson died. My hypothesis is that the DNA testing was to allow the story of Jefferson and Hemings to revive in American history, particularly in Black history. In other words, it exposed a nation-wide cover-up, that is, the crime of racial discrimination. In this paper, I argue the details of the DNA testing, and explore the essence of the problems that the Jefferson-Hemings affair has raised.