Body and Soul: Jazz and Blues in American Film, 1927-63
- ISBN-10
- 0252072359
- ISBN-13
- 9780252072352
- Series
- Body and Soul
- Category
- Blues (Music) in motion pictures
- Pages
- 213
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Author
- Peter Stanfield
Description
Alongside extensive, thought provoking, and lively analysis of some of the most popular jazz and blues songs of the 20th century, this text contains new work on blackface minstrelsy in early sound movies, racial representation and censorship, torch singers and torch songs, the Hollywood Left, and hot jazz.
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- 2005
- 213 pages
- Paperback
- University of Illinois Press