The Hollywood Film Musical
Barry Keith Grant
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Fotografie, Film, Video, TV
Beschreibung
This revealing history of the American film musical synthesizes the critical literature on the genre and provides a series of close analytical readings of iconic musical films, focusing on their cultural relationship to other aspects of American popular music. * Offers a depth of scholarship that will appeal to students and scholars * Leads a crucial analysis of the cultural context of musicals, particularly the influence of popular music on the genre * Delves into critical issues behind these films such as race, gender, ideology, and authorship * Features close readings of canonical and neglected film musicals from the 1930s to the present including: Top Hat, Singin' in the Rain, Woodstock, Gimme Shelter, West Side Story, and Across the Universe
Rezensionen
"Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; general readers."
"Barry Grant gracefully articulates the pleasures of that most joyous of Hollywood's genres. A must read for anyone who loves musicals and, especially, for those who think they don't."
-David Desser, University of Illinois
"Elegantly conceived and beautifully illustrated, The Hollywood Film Musical introduces the genre with all its problematic glories. Grant is meticulous as a historian and scrupulous as a cultural critic. Did I mention the beautiful illustrations?"
-Krin Gabbard, Stony Brook University
Kundenbewertungen
Cultural Studies, Amerikanische Filmkunst, Film Theory, Filmforschung, Kulturwissenschaften, Filmtheorie, Film Studies, American Film, Medienkritik