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Victory through harmony : the BBC and popular music in World War II / Christina L. Baade.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baade, Christina L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio and music--Great Britain.
- Radio and music.
- World War, 1939-1945--Music and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Popular music--Great Britain--1941-1950--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- British Broadcasting Corporation--History.
- British Broadcasting Corporation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title tells the story of the BBC's participation in the events of World War II through popular music and jazz broadcasting. Baade argues that the BBC's popular music broadcasting efforts exposed the divergent ideologies, tastes and perspectives of the nation.
- Contents:
- Uplift, dance music, and the BBC in interwar Britain
- "In tempore belli" : popular music for morale in the phony war
- Music while you work : discipline, dance music, and workers in wartime
- Between blitzkrieg and call-up : BBC dancing club, masculinity, and the dance band scheme
- Radio rhythm club : race, authenticity, and the British swing boom
- Sincerely yours : the trouble with sentimentality and the ban on crooners
- Calling the British forces in Malta : broadcasting femininity abroad and at home
- "Invasion year" : Americans in Britain, americanization, and the dance
- Music backlash.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-932805-6
- 0-19-970732-4
- 9786613422835
- 1-283-42283-2
- OCLC:
- 771288308
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