The Hollywood Film Musical PDF
by Barry Keith Grant
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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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- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:28/02/2012
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- ISBN:9781118231807
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- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:28/02/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781118231807