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Jumping the color line : vernacular jazz dance in American film, 1929-1945 / Susie Trenka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trenka, Susie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz dance--History.
- Jazz dance.
- African American dancers--History.
- African American dancers.
- Dance in motion pictures, television, etc--History.
- Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
- African Americans in motion pictures.
- Racism and the arts--United States--History.
- Racism and the arts.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New Barnet, Hertfordshire : John Libbey Publishing Ltd, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Jazz dance on the silver screen: race, gender, genre
- Doomed divas: Black dancing women in early sound film
- Kids and class acts: male dancers in Black-cast music shorts
- Potential pioneer: the film career of Black tap dancer Jeni LeGon
- Jumpin' at the jukebox, dancin' in the street: dance, race, and space in 1940s soundies
- Harlem to Hollywood: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and the crossover success of a Black dance
- "A savage exhibition"? Swing and White youth culture in B movies
- Dance history, the swing dance revival, and vintage movies in the digital age.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 01, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9780861969753
- 0861969758
- Publisher Number:
- 99989607613
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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