McGee, Kristin A.
Some liked it hot jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / [electronic resource] : Kristin A. McGee. - Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2009. - xv, 316 p. : ill. - Music/culture . - Music/culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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).
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Women jazz musicians in motion pictures.
Big bands in motion pictures.
Jazz in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
Television broadcasting of music.
Variety shows (Television programs)--United States.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.J38 / M34 2009eb
791.43/6578
Some liked it hot jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / [electronic resource] : Kristin A. McGee. - Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2009. - xv, 316 p. : ill. - Music/culture . - Music/culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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).
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Women jazz musicians in motion pictures.
Big bands in motion pictures.
Jazz in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
Television broadcasting of music.
Variety shows (Television programs)--United States.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.J38 / M34 2009eb
791.43/6578