Body and soul : jazz and blues in American film, 1927-63 / Peter Stanfield.

Author/creator Stanfield, Peter, 1958-
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2005.
Descriptionx, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 186-210) and index.
LCCN 2004029989
ISBN0252029941 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252072359 (pbk. : alk. paper)