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Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959

Title
Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / Kristin A. McGee.
Author
McGee, Kristin A.
Publication
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2009.

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Description
xv, 316 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Music/culture
Uniform Title
Music/culture.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index.
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).
Call Number
*LE 09-7500
ISBN
  • 9780819569073 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0819569070 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780819569080 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0819569089 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009000997
OCLC
276339398
Author
McGee, Kristin A.
Title
Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / Kristin A. McGee.
Imprint
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2009.
Series
Music/culture
Music/culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index.
Research Call Number
*LE 09-7500
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