Sherrie Tucker

Swing Shift

"All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s

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Produktbeschreibung

The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women's swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of "League of their Own" for jazz.

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""Swing Shift" is a long-overdue historical corrective and a compelling read--a thoroughly remarkable achievement."--David Hajdu, author of "Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn"

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780822328179
• ISBN-10: 0822328178
• Artikelnr.: 21358808

Autorenporträt

Sherrie Tucker

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t in the History Books”
> I Playing the Changes of World War II
1. Working the Swing Shift: Effects of World War II on “All-Girl” Bands
2. “Hours of Charm” with Phil Spitalny
3. Extracurricular Activities with the Prairie View Co-eds
II Road Hazards
4. Surveillance and Survival in the Jim Crow South
5. Internationalism and the Sweethearts of Rhythm
6. The Darlings of Rhythm: On the Road and Ready to Run
III USO-Camp Shows
7. Female Big Bands, Male Mass Audiences: Gendered Performances in a
Theater of War
8. Battles of a “Sophisticated Lady”: Ada Leonard and the USO
9. “And, Fellas, They’re American Girls,”: On the Road with the Sharon
Rogers All-Girl Band
Conclusion: Post-War Changes, Familiar Refrains
Notes
Bibliography