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The Hollywood Film Musical
ISBN-13:
9781118231807
Veröffentl:
2012
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
224
Autor:
Barry Keith Grant
Serie:
New Approaches to Film Genre
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
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
This revealing history of the American film musical synthesizes thecritical literature on the genre and provides a series of closeanalytical readings of iconic musical films, focusing on theircultural relationship to other aspects of American popularmusic.* Offers a depth of scholarship that will appeal to students andscholars* Leads a crucial analysis of the cultural context of musicalsparticularly the influence of popular music on the genre* Delves into critical issues behind these films such as racegender, ideology, and authorship* Features close readings of canonical and neglected filmmusicals from the 1930s to the present including: Top HatSingin' in the Rain, Woodstock, Gimme ShelterWest Side Story, and Across the Universe
List of Plates ixAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 11 Historical Overview 72 Critical Overview 383 Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) 554 Top Hat (1935) 705 The Pirate (1948) 856 West Side Story (1961) and Saturday Night Fever (1977) 997 Woodstock (1970) 1168 Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 1319 Pennies from Heaven (1981) and Across the Universe (2007)146References 165Index 171