1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963822603321

Autore

Stone Ilene <1945->

Titolo

Jane Froman : Missouri's first lady of song / / Ilene Stone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8262-6328-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

Missouri heritage readers Jane Froman

Disciplina

782.42164/092

B

Soggetti

Singers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132), discography (p. 132), and filmography (p. 132-133), and index.

Nota di contenuto

Anna and Elmer -- Jane and Margaret Ann -- Clinton and the convent -- Columbia and college -- Radio and vaudeville -- New York and fame -- Patriotism and disaster -- Death or life -- Recovery and a promise kept -- Breakdown and renewal -- Comeback and court -- Home and retirement -- Giving back and Arrow Rock -- Singing and honors -- Columbia and Jane -- Beliefs and good-bye -- Epilogue : The two Janes.

Sommario/riassunto

Once asked to name the ten best female singers, the renowned musical producer Billy Rose replied, "There is Jane Froman and nine others." A legend in her time, Jane Froman (1907-1980) was one of Missouri's greatest success stories. Her singing career, which spanned over three decades, included radio and television, recordings, nightclub performances, Broadway shows, and Hollywood movies. Born in University City, Froman spent her childhood in the small town of Clinton and her adolescence in Columbia. After earning her associate degree from Christian (now Columbia) College, she auditioned as a vocalist for WLW, a Cincinnati radio station, and in 1934 was voted the top "girl singer" of the day in a poll of listeners. At the height of her career, during World War II, Froman volunteered to travel for the USO. On February 22, 1943, her plane crashed into the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal. Although she suffered horrible injuries that plagued her for the rest of her life, she continued her singing career. On crutches, she entertained the troops, giving ninety-five shows



throughout Europe. Her courageous return was the focus of the 1952 movie With a Song in My Heart, starring Susan Hayward. For scenes that required singing, recordings of Froman herself were used, and the movie soundtrack became a best-selling record album. Froman's popularity led to her own television show from 1952 to 1955. In 1961, Froman retired from singing and returned to Columbia, Missouri, where she was active in volunteer work and lived out her remaining years. Drawing upon an authobiography that Froman started but never finished, Ilene Stone skillfully uses the singer's own words, along with other resource materials and extensive interviews with people who knew Froman, to produce the first biography of this extraordinary woman. Written in a clear and accessible style, Jane Froman: Missouri's First Lady of Song will be of great value to anyone interested in Missouri history, women's studies, or the history of popular entertainment in the twentieth century. Book jacket.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910951902803321

Autore

Lacey Nicola

Titolo

Reassessing Feminist Legal Theories / / edited by Nicola Lacey, Miodrag A. Jovanović, Bojan Spaic, Ana Zdravković

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9783031754234

3031754239

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 pages)

Collana

Gender Perspectives in Law, , 2731-8354 ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

JovanovićMiodrag A

SpaićBojan

ZdravkovićAna

Disciplina

346.013082

Soggetti

Law - Philosophy

Law - History

Sex

Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History

Gender Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Introduction – Reassessing Feminst Legal Theories -- Feminist Legal Theory Beyond Neutrality -- Sexual Abuse, Sexy Dressing and the Erotization of Domination -- Gender Justice: Reassessing Theories of Justice from Feminist Perspectives -- Human Dignity in Feminist Vocabulary -- What Did Gender Do for Women? Considering the Potential of Gender as a Legal Concept -- Gender-Based Violence: A Conceptual Analysis -- Trans* Citizenship: A Feminist Socio-Legal Analysis of Theories and Practices -- Reassessing the Notion of Vulnerability: The Feminist Debate -- Should the Reasonableness Standard be ‘Genderized’? Some Reflections from the Perspective of Personalism -- Individual and Collective Harm in Sex Discrimination.

Sommario/riassunto

The volume is a result of a much-needed effort to rethink traditional legal concepts in a gender-sensitive and gender competent manner. The book deals with topics as jurisprudence and gender, feminist approaches to jurisprudence: liberalism, difference, dominance, anti-essentialism, postmodernism, positivism, natural law, feminist jurisprudence, developments in feminist legal theory as well as feminist critiques of traditional legal concepts.