Investigates the changing representations of jazz women in American culture
| כותר |
Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / Kristin A. McGee. |
|---|---|
| מהדורה |
1st ed. |
| מוציא לאור |
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press |
| שנה |
c2009 |
| הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Jazz culture and all-girls films. The feminization of mass culture and the novelty of all-girl bands -- The Ingenues and the Harlem Playgirls -- All-girl bands and sound films in the swing era. Phil Spitalny's Musical Queens -- The "blonde bombshell of swing": Ina Ray Hutton and her Melodears -- Soundies and features during the 1940s. Swinging the classics: Hazel Scott and Hollywood's musical-racial matrix -- Pinups, patriotism, and feminized genres -- Swing-centered films and the hour of charm -- The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and independent black sound film -- Variety television and the 1950s. Television, vaudeo, and female musical hosts -- Variety television revives all-girl bands -- Television's musical guests: Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne -- Conclusion : the jazz canon (representations and gendered absences). |
| סדרה |
Music/culture |
| היקף החומר |
1 online resource (338 p.) |
| שפה |
אנגלית |
| מספר מערכת |
997010705421105171 |
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