Swing Shift by Sherrie Tucker - 9780822328179

Name: Swing Shift by Sherrie Tucker - 9780822328179
Brand: Duke University Press

Duke University Press

Swing Shift\""All-Girl\"" Bands of the 1940s\nAuthor(s): Sherrie Tucker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822328179, 978-0822328179\nSynopsis\nThe forgotten history of the all-girl big bands of the World War II era takes center stage in Sherrie Tuckers Swing Shift. American demand for swing skyrocketed with the onslaught of war as millions-isolated from loved ones-sought diversion, comfort, and social contact through music and dance. Although all-female jazz and dance bands had existed since the 1920s, now hundreds of such groups, both African American and white, barnstormed ballrooms, theaters, dance halls, military installations, and makeshift USO stages on the home front and abroad. \nFilled with firsthand accounts of more than a hundred women who performed during this era and complemented by thorough-and eye-opening-archival research, Swing Shift not only offers a history of this significant aspect of A.