Victory through harmony [[electronic resource] ] : the BBC and popular music in World War II / / Christina L. Baade

• Autore: Baade Christina L
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.440941/09044
• Soggetto topico: Radio and music - Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945 - Music and the war; Popular music - Great Britain - 1941-1950 - History and criticism
• Classificazione: 9,2
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Uplift, dance music, and the BBC in interwar Britain -- "In tempore belli" : popular music for morale in the phony war -- Music while you work : discipline, dance music, and workers in wartime -- Between blitzkrieg and call-up : BBC dancing club, masculinity, and the dance band scheme -- Radio rhythm club : race, authenticity, and the British swing boom -- Sincerely yours : the trouble with sentimentality and the ban on crooners -- Calling the British forces in Malta : broadcasting femininity abroad and at home -- "Invasion year" : Americans in Britain, americanization, and the dance -- Music backlash.
• Sommario/riassunto: This title tells the story of the BBC's participation in the events of World War II through popular music and jazz broadcasting. Baade argues that the BBC's popular music broadcasting efforts exposed the divergent ideologies, tastes and perspectives of the nation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Victory through harmony
• ISBN: 0-19-932805-6; 0-19-970732-4; 9786613422835; 1-283-42283-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792225603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II