Some Liked it Hot
Some Liked it Hot
Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928-1959
Contributors: Kristin A. McGee (author)
Format: Paperback, 229 x 152 x 28mm , 296 pp, 66 b/w illustrations
Publication date: 15 Jun 2009
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN-10: 0819569089
EAN: 9780819569080
How America viewed jazz women? "Some Liked It Hot" looks at all-girl bands and jazz women from the 1920s through the 1950s and how they fit into the nascent mass culture, particularly film and television, to uncover some of the historical motivations for excluding women from the now firmly established jazz canon. This well-illustrated book chronicles who appeared where and when in both popular Hollywood productions and in relatively unknown films and television shows. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Hazel Scott, the Ingenues, Peggy Lee, and Paul Whiteman are just a few of the performers covered here. This title includes a detailed filmography.
Reviews:
"This very important work investigates how questions of gender and race intersected not only with music but with film, television, radio, and the recording industry." LUCY FISCHER, director of film studies, University of Pittsburgh"
Author Biography:
KRISTIN A. MCGEE is an assistant professor of popular music at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.