Some liked it hot [electronic resource] : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / Kristin A. McGee.
By: McGee, Kristin A.
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BookSeries: Music/culture: Publisher: Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2009Description: xv, 316 p. : ill.Subject(s): 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 StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.43/6578 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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).
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