Victory through harmony
Subtitle: the BBC and popular music in World War II
By: Christina L. Baade
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780195372014
Subjects: Radio and music; Music and the war; Popular music; World War, 1939-1945; British Broadcasting Corporation; History and criticism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Uplift, dance music, and the BBC in interwar Britain; title: "In tempore belli" : popular music for morale in the phony war; title: Music while you work : discipline, dance music, and workers in wartime; title: Between blitzkrieg and call-up : BBC dancing club, masculinity, and the dance band scheme; title: Radio rhythm club : race, authenticity, and the British swing boom; title: Sincerely yours : the trouble with sentimentality and the ban on crooners; title: Calling the British forces in Malta : broadcasting femininity abroad and at home; title: "Invasion year" : Americans in Britain, americanization, and the dance; title: Music backlash.