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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGee, Kristin A.

Series:

Music/culture.

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.

Television broadcasting of music.

Variety shows (Television programs)--United States.

Variety shows (Television programs).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Investigates the changing representations of jazz women in American culture

Contents:

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).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-10937-9

9786613109378

0-8195-6967-4

OCLC:

767498625