| Description |
xi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Whose Jazz, Whose Cinema? -- 1. The Ethnic Oedipus: The Jazz Singer and Its Remakes -- 2. Black and Tan Fantasies: The Jazz Biopic -- 3. Jazz Becomes Art -- 4. Signifyin(g) the Phallus: Representations of the Jazz Trumpet -- 5. Duke's Place: Visualizing a Jazz Composer -- 6. "Actor and Musician": Louis Armstrong and His Films -- 7. Nat King Cole, Hoagy Carmichael, and the Fate of the Jazz Actor -- Conclusion: New York, New York and Short Cuts. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures and music.
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Motion pictures and music. |
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Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz. |
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Musical films -- History and criticism.
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Musical films. |
| Added Title |
Jamming at the margins |
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Jazz and the American cinema |
| ISBN |
0226277887 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780226277882 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226277895 paper alkaline paper |
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9780226277899 paper alkaline paper |
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