Jumping the color line vernacular jazz dance in American film, 1929-1945

Jazz dance on the silver screen: race, gender, genre -- Doomed divas: Black dancing women in early sound film -- Kids and class acts: male dancers in Black-cast music shorts -- Potential pioneer: the film career of Black tap dancer Jeni LeGon -- Jumpin' at the jukebox, dancin' in the stree...

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1. Verfasser: Trenka, Susie (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New Barnet, Herts JL 2021
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Zusammenfassung:Jazz dance on the silver screen: race, gender, genre -- Doomed divas: Black dancing women in early sound film -- Kids and class acts: male dancers in Black-cast music shorts -- Potential pioneer: the film career of Black tap dancer Jeni LeGon -- Jumpin' at the jukebox, dancin' in the street: dance, race, and space in 1940s soundies -- Harlem to Hollywood: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and the crossover success of a Black dance -- "A savage exhibition"? Swing and White youth culture in B movies -- Dance history, the swing dance revival, and vintage movies in the digital age.
Beschreibung:ix, 277 Seiten
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23 cm
ISBN:9780861967438