The Hollywood Film Musical Hardback
by Barry Keith Grant
Part of the New Approaches to Film Genre series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:196 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:30/03/2012
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- ISBN:9781405182539
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:196 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:30/03/2012
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- ISBN:9781405182539
