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The Hollywood Film Musical

Name: The Hollywood Film Musical
Author: Barry Keith Grant

Barry Keith Grant

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27,99 €

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John Wiley & Sons

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

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(Choice, 1 November 2012)
"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

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