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Horse Opera: The Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy
Peter Stanfield
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Description for Horse Opera: The Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy
Paperback. Tracing the singing cowboy's roots in the performance tradition of blackface minstrelsy and its literary antecedents in novels, magazine fiction, and the novels of B M Bower, this title shows how silent cinema conventions, the developing commercial music media, and the prevailing conditions of film production shaped the 'horse opera' of the 1930s. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
In this innovative take on a neglected chapter of film history, Peter Stanfield challenges the commonly held view of the singing cowboy as an ephemeral figure of fun and argues instead that he was one of the most important cultural figures to emerge out of the Great Depression.
The rural or newly urban working-class families who flocked to see the latest exploits of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, and
other singing cowboys were an audience largely ignored by mainstream
Hollywood film. Hard hit by the depression, faced with the threat--and often the reality--of dispossession and dislocation, ... Read more
In this innovative take on a neglected chapter of film history, Peter Stanfield challenges the commonly held view of the singing cowboy as an ephemeral figure of fun and argues instead that he was one of the most important cultural figures to emerge out of the Great Depression.
The rural or newly urban working-class families who flocked to see the latest exploits of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, and
other singing cowboys were an audience largely ignored by mainstream
Hollywood film. Hard hit by the depression, faced with the threat--and often the reality--of dispossession and dislocation, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252070495
SKU
V9780252070495
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About Peter Stanfield
Peter Stanfield, a senior lecturer in media arts at Southampton Institute, England, is the author of Hollywood, Westerns and the 1930s: The Lost Trail.
Reviews for Horse Opera: The Strange History of the 1930s Singing Cowboy
"Isn't just a lively and entertaining round-up of movies about warbling cowboys, it's also a comment on how such a bizarre trend began... Stanfield expertly plumbs the subject, presenting a view on these films from the perspective of keen moviegoer and adept media commentator. In penning such a thought-provoking volume, the author stands in for the viewer, giving the reader ... Read more