Soundies and the changing image of Black Americans on screen : one dime at a time / Susan Delson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delson, Susan, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in motion pictures.

Soundies (Motion pictures)--History and criticism.

Soundies (Motion pictures).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I: Follow the Money

Introduction: Turning on a Dime

1. Circa 1940: Race and the Pop-Culture Landscape

2. Risky Business

3. Starting in Hollywood, Heading to Harlem

Part II: Follow the Music

4. Going to War

5. Encounter and Improvisation: Reimagining the City

6. Rural Reverb

7. Romance, Relationships, Legs

8. One Performer, Ten Soundies: Another Look at Dorothy Dandridge

9. Visual Music: Big Bands, Combos, Solo Musicians

10. Backing into Integration

11. Unplugged, with an Afterlife

Acknowledgments

Part III: Following Up

Appendix 1. Directory of Black-Cast Soundies

Appendix 2. Performers and Their Films

Appendix 3. Makers and Their Films

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 22, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Delson, Susan. Soundies and the changing image of Black Americans on screen

ISBN:

9780253058553

0253058554

9780253058560

0253058562

Publisher Number:

40030760913

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.