MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aPN1995.9.J38$bM34 2009
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100 1 $aMcGee, Kristin A.
245 10 $aSome liked it hot :$bjazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 /$cKristin A. McGee.
260 $aMiddletown, Conn. :$bWesleyan University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axv, 316 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aMusic/culture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index.
505 0 $aJazz 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).
650 0 $aWomen jazz musicians in motion pictures.
650 0 $aBig bands in motion pictures.
650 0 $aJazz in motion pictures.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aTelevision broadcasting of music.
650 0 $aVariety shows (Television programs)$zUnited States.
830 0 $aMusic/culture.