Burnt: Writing torch singers and torch singing

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Holman Jones, Stacy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

authenticity; Billie Holiday; performative writing; personal narrative; sexuality; torch singing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954723326     PISSN: 15327086     EISSN: 1552356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532708610365472     Document Type: Review

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