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BL
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586818
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GBA947794b416037
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| Main Entry
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McGee, Kristin A
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| Title & Author
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Some liked it hot : : jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 /\ Kristin A. McGee
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| Publication Statement
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Middletown, Conn. :: Wesleyan University Press,, c2009
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| Series Statement
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Music/culture
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| Page. NO
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xv, 316 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780819569073 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0819569070 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780819569080 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0819569089 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index
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| Contents
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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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Women jazz musicians in motion pictures
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Big bands in motion pictures
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Jazz in motion pictures
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Motion pictures-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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Television broadcasting of music
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Variety shows (Television programs)-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/6578
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| LC Classification
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PN1995.9.J38M34 2009
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PN1995.9.J38M34 2009
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