Body and Soul
Jazz and Blues in American Film, 1927-63
Writing in the late 1930s, New York journalist Joseph Mitchell observed: Except for the minstrel show, the strip act is probably America's only original contribution to the theater. In Body and Soul, Peter Stanfield's arguments echo Mitchell's observation. Stanfield begins by exploring how Hollywood used blackface minstrelsy to represent an emerging urban American theatrical history, and ends with a look at how American film at the close of the studio era represented urban decay through the figure of the burlesque dancer and stripper. In between, Stansfield considers the representation of American urban life in jazz, blues, ballads, and sin-s…
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- ISBN: 978-0-252-07235-2
- EAN: 9780252072352
- Produktnummer: 1805641
- Verlag: University of Illinois Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 232 S.
- Masse: H15.5 cm x B22.8 cm x D1.6 cm 374 g
- Gewicht: 374
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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