Body and soul : jazz and blues in American film, 1927-63 / Peter Stanfield.
| Author/creator | Stanfield, Peter, 1958- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2005. |
| Description | x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | An Octoroon in the kindling: a black and white minstrel show -- This extremely dangerous material: Frankie and Johnny go to the movies -- An excursion into the lower depths: W.C. Handy's "St. Louis blues" -- Voices of smoke and tears: torch singers and sin-songs -- The city stripped bare: burlesque and the postwar urban underworld. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-210) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004029989 |
| ISBN | 0252029941 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0252072359 (pbk. : alk. paper) |