Victory through harmony : the BBC and popular music in World War II /

This title tells the story of the BBC's participation in the events of World War II through popular music and jazz broadcasting. Baade argues that the BBC's popular music broadcasting efforts exposed the divergent ideologies, tastes and perspectives of the nation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baade, Christina L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection
Temas:
British Broadcasting Corporation > History.
British Broadcasting Corporation
1939-1950
Radio and music > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war.
Popular music > Great Britain > 1941-1950 > History and criticism.
Radio et musique > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Musique et guerre.
Musique populaire > Grande-Bretagne > 1941-1950 > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Radio > Reference.
Music and war
Popular music
Radio and music
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Uplift, dance music, and the BBC in interwar Britain
  • "In tempore belli" : popular music for morale in the phony war
  • Music while you work : discipline, dance music, and workers in wartime
  • Between blitzkrieg and call-up : BBC dancing club, masculinity, and the dance band scheme
  • Radio rhythm club : race, authenticity, and the British swing boom
  • Sincerely yours : the trouble with sentimentality and the ban on crooners
  • Calling the British forces in Malta : broadcasting femininity abroad and at home
  • "Invasion year" : Americans in Britain, americanization, and the dance
  • Music backlash.

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