- 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
- 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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