Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen - by Susan Delson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>-- Susan Delson is a freelance writer/editor, most recently for the Wall Street Journal, who has written about art and culture worldwide for over a decade. She has published one film study with the University of Minnesota Press, which was a finalist for the 2007 Theater Library Association Book Award. She previously taught graduate courses as an adjunct faculty member in New York University's Museum Studies Program. -- This is an overdue project about an overlooked area of African American film and media history because it is remarkable that so many of these films have survived, but this is still the first monograph on black-cast Soundies. -- Turning on a Dime contributes to our well-rounded reputation in our primary film and media studies list. It has potential for appeal to other primary lists and to general readers while also aligning with the strengths of IU, including the Black Film Center/Archive. -- The audience includes undergraduates, general readers, and scholars interested in film and media history, history of American popular culture, music, and African American culture. Supplementary videos will make this especially marketable for course adoption.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>In the 1940s, folks at bars and restaurants would gather around a Panoram movie machine to watch three-minute films called Soundies, precursors to today's music videos. This history was all but forgotten until the digital era brought Soundies to phones and computer screens--including a YouTube clip starring a 102-year-old Harlem dancer watching her younger self perform in Soundies. </p><p></b>In <i>Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen: One Dime at a Time</i>, Susan Delson takes a deeper look at these fascinating films by focusing on the role of Black performers in this little-known genre. She highlights the women performers, like Dorothy Dandridge, who helped shape Soundies, while offering an intimate look at icons of the age, such as Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole. Using previously unknown archival materials--including letters, corporate memos, and courtroom testimony--to trace the precarious path of Soundies, Delson presents an incisive pop-culture snapshot of race relations during and just after World War II.</p><p>Perfect for readers interested in film, American history, the World War II era, and Black entertainment history, <i>Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen </i>and its companion video website (susandelson.com) bring the important contributions of these Black artists into the spotlight once again.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Susan Delson is author of <i>Dudley Murphy, Hollywood Wild Card</i> and editor of <i>Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals</i>. Her writings on art and culture appear in the <i>Wall Street Journal </i>and other publications. She is an arts journalist and film historian based in New York City.</p>
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