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Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / Kristin A. McGee.

Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.J38 M34 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McGee, Kristin A.
Series:
Music/culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women jazz musicians in motion pictures.
Big bands in motion pictures.
Jazz in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
Motion pictures.
Variety shows (Television programs).
United States.
History.
Television broadcasting of music.
Variety shows (Television programs)--United States.
Physical Description:
xv, 316 pages ; 18 cm.
Place of Publication:
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2009]
Contents:
Jazz culture and all-girls film. 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).
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780819569073
0819569070
9780819569080
0819569089
OCLC:
276339398

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