Jennifer Fleeger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College where she teaches courses in the film studies program. Her first book, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, also appears in Oxford's Music/Media Series.

an exciting book ... a must-read for anyone interested in musical women, performance studies, and media culture ... its critical connections between opera and pop music, and women and media, are original and important, and appear together for the first time.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: Literary Divas: Trilby, Christine, and the Phantom of Phonography ; Chapter 2: Metropolitan Women: Geraldine Farrar and Marion Talley Silence Opera on Screen ; Chapter 3: Opera in Synch: Deanna Durbin and Musical Playback ; Chapter 4: The Disney Princess: Animation and Real Girls ; Chapter 5: Kate Smith: The Variety "Femcee" on Radio and Television ; Chapter 6: Susan Boyle: The Amateur in the Age of Auto-Tune ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

Jennifer Fleeger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College where she teaches courses in the film studies program. Her first book, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, also appears in Oxford's Music/Media Series.

an exciting book ... a must-read for anyone interested in musical women, performance studies, and media culture ... its critical connections between opera and pop music, and women and media, are original and important, and appear together for the first time.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: Literary Divas: Trilby, Christine, and the Phantom of Phonography ; Chapter 2: Metropolitan Women: Geraldine Farrar and Marion Talley Silence Opera on Screen ; Chapter 3: Opera in Synch: Deanna Durbin and Musical Playback ; Chapter 4: The Disney Princess: Animation and Real Girls ; Chapter 5: Kate Smith: The Variety "Femcee" on Radio and Television ; Chapter 6: Susan Boyle: The Amateur in the Age of Auto-Tune ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

Jennifer Fleeger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College where she teaches courses in the film studies program. Her first book, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, also appears in Oxford's Music/Media Series.

an exciting book ... a must-read for anyone interested in musical women, performance studies, and media culture ... its critical connections between opera and pop music, and women and media, are original and important, and appear together for the first time.

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: Literary Divas: Trilby, Christine, and the Phantom of Phonography ; Chapter 2: Metropolitan Women: Geraldine Farrar and Marion Talley Silence Opera on Screen ; Chapter 3: Opera in Synch: Deanna Durbin and Musical Playback ; Chapter 4: The Disney Princess: Animation and Real Girls ; Chapter 5: Kate Smith: The Variety "Femcee" on Radio and Television ; Chapter 6: Susan Boyle: The Amateur in the Age of Auto-Tune ; Conclusion ; Bibliography