# Jazz in America/Classical in Europe: Functional equivalence

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The piece proposes that jazz in the United States and classical music in Europe occupy functionally equivalent positions of cultural prestige.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 11 August 2006

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 11 August 2006
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: music, cultural-comparison, prestige, functional-equivalence.

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