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

Title
Some liked it hot [electronic resource] : 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
1 online resource (xv, 316 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Music/culture
Uniform Title
  • Some liked it hot (Online)
  • Music/culture.
Alternative Title
Some liked it hot (Online)
Subject
  • Women jazz musicians in motion pictures
  • Big bands in motion pictures
  • Jazz in motion pictures
  • Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century
  • Television broadcasting of music
  • Variety shows (Television programs) > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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).
LCCN
2009000997
OCLC
ssj0000473297
Author
McGee, Kristin A.
Title
Some liked it hot [electronic resource] : 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.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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