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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, [2009], ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.J38 M34 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Music/culture
- Uniform Title
- Music/culture.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Jazz Culture and All-Girl Films -- 1. The Feminization of Mass Culture and the Novelty of All-Girl Bands -- 2. The Ingenues and the Harlem Playgirls -- Pt. 2. All-Girl Bands and Sound Films in the Swing Era -- 3. Phil Spitalny's Musical Queens -- 4. The "Blonde Bombshell of Swing": Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears -- Pt. 3. Soundies and Features during the 1940s -- 5. Swinging the Classics: Hazel Scott and Hollywood's Musical-Racial Matrix -- 6. Pinups, Patriotism, and Feminized Genres -- 7. Swing-Centered Films and the Hour of Charm -- 8. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and Independent Black Sound Film -- Pt. 4. Variety Television and the 1950s -- 9. Television, Vaudeo, and Female Musical Hosts -- 10. Variety Television Revives All-Girl Bands -- 11. Television's Musical Variety Guests: Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne -- Conclusion: The Jazz Canon (Representations and Gendered Absences).
- ISBN
- 9780819569073 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0819569070 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780819569080 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0819569089 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009000997
- 40016707728
- OCLC
- ocn276339398
- 276339398
- SCSB-5471141
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries