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

• Autore: McGee Kristin A
• Pubblicazione: Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/6578
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Some liked it hot
• ISBN: 1-283-10937-9; 9786613109378; 0-8195-6967-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457091703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Music/culture.