Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / Kristin A. McGee.
McGee, Kristin A.
2009
PN1995.9.J38 M34 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Some liked it hot : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / Kristin A. McGee.
Author McGee, Kristin A.
ISBN 9780819569080 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0819569089 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780819569073 (alk. paper)
0819569070 (alk. paper)
Imprint Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2009.
Language English
Description xv, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number PN1995.9.J38 M34 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.43/6578
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Music/culture.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Jazz culture and all-girl 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 variety guests: Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, and Lena Horne
The jazz canon (representations and gendered absences).

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