Ivan Hewett
Classical Music Critic at The Telegraph
I write on music, and teach at the Royal College of Music. Opinions my own, naturally.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Ivan Hewett
Sex, vampires, jazz. For the moralists of 1930s white America, these were the three horsemen of the apocalypse, unruly forces that threatened civilisation. Jazz they called “the devil’s music”. It aroused fears that the savagery of the African jungle was about to be unleashed. And, around the same time, a new kind of femme fatale came on the scene, closely related to the flappers who danced the night away at jazz parties and were wildly promiscuous. They were known as “vampires” – “vamps” for short.
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4 days ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Ivan Hewett
Ryan Coogler's horror film plays with the moral panic that black musicians sparked. But this connection has a long - and unlikely - history Sex, vampires, jazz. For the moralists of 1930s white America, these were the three horsemen of the apocalypse, unruly forces that threatened civilisation. Jazz they called "the devil's music". It aroused fears that the savagery of the African jungle was about to be unleashed.
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1 week ago |
msn.com | Ivan Hewett
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msn.com | Ivan Hewett
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msn.com | Ivan Hewett
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‘The loaded term (reverts) has roots in the extremist belief that all humans were born Muslim…’ The Daily Express ignorantly repeating the comforting idea that it’s only a few ‘extremists’ who believe this. In fact it’s a perfectly normal Muslim belief. https://t.co/97VwK23gvk
it is extraordinary that this very loaded term has been used by a supposedly neutral broadcaster.
Oh, goodie! This BBC article almost exclusively uses the term "revert" to Islam, for people *converting*. It is clearly not a neutral term, being predicated on Islam being the natural state of all humans. https://t.co/sYKu8JraEf
