"Play real pretty for the people": Louis Armstrong, Sammy Davis Jr. and racial politics in Hollywood's post-war jazz musicals
This chapter explores post-war jazz films and the ways in which they attempt to resolve a clash between the generic representation of entertainment as an emblem of democracy and the promotion of jazz artistry performed by African-Americans in a segregated United States.
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| Language: | English |
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Presses de Paris Nanterre
2020
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/4826/2/Jazz-musicals_Chapter_Final_2019.03.01.pdf |