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UNINA9910781356903321 |
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Autore |
McGee Kristin A |
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Titolo |
Some liked it hot [[electronic resource] ] : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / / Kristin A. McGee |
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Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-10937-9 |
9786613109378 |
0-8195-6967-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Investigates the changing representations of jazz women in American culture |
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