Susie Trenka

Jumping the Color Line

Vernacular Jazz Dance in American Film, 1929-1945

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With a majority of examples taken from marginal film forms, such as shorts and B movies, the book highlights their role in disseminating alternative images of racial and gender identities as embodied by dancers - images that were at least partly at odds with those typically found in major Hollywood productions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Libbey & Co
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9780861967438
• ISBN-10: 0861967437
• Artikelnr.: 61191721

Autorenporträt

Susie Trenka holds an MA in English and film studies and a PhD in film studies from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Alongside her academic endeavours, she spent many years learning and teaching vernacular dance styles from the swing era, especially the Lindy hop. She now works as a translator, editor, and museum educator in New Orleans, where she is immersed in jazz culture and continues to learn about America's complex issues of race

Inhaltsangabe

Contents A Note on "Black" and "White" Introduction
Jazz Dance on the Silver Screen: Race, Gender, Genre Chapter 1
Doomed Divas: Black Dancing Women in Early Sound Film Chapter 2
Kids and Class Acts: Male Dancers in Black
Cast Music Shorts Chapter 3
Potential Pioneer: The Film Career of Black Tap Dancer Jeni LeGon Chapter 4
Jumpin' at the Jukebox, Dancin' in the Street: Dance, Race, and Space in 1940s Soundies Chapter 5
Harlem to Hollywood: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and the Crossover Success of a Black Dance Chapter 6
"A Savage Exhibition"? Swing and White Youth Culture in B Movies Conclusion
Dance History, the Swing Dance Revival, and Vintage Movies in the Digital Age Filmography / Bibliography / Index