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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781356903321

Autore

McGee Kristin A

Titolo

Some liked it hot [[electronic resource] ] : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / / Kristin A. McGee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-283-10937-9

9786613109378

0-8195-6967-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Music/culture

Disciplina

791.43/6578

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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).

Sommario/riassunto

Investigates the changing representations of jazz women in American culture