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The Hollywood Film Musical
Barry Keith Grant
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Description for The Hollywood Film Musical
Paperback. The Hollywood Film Musical examines the cross-fertilization between the genre and the popular music industry, tracing the function of this relationship in aesthetic, ideological and industrial terms, and outlining the influence of minstrel shows, vaudeville, the Broadway stage, the recording industry, and stardom. Series: New Approaches to Film Genre. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN; AV; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 264.
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.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
New Approaches to Film Genre
Condition
New
Weight
263g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405182522
SKU
V9781405182522
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Ref
99-50
About Barry Keith Grant
Barry Keith Grant is Professor of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author or editor of more than two dozen books, including Auteurs and Authorship: a Film Reader (2008) Film Genre: From Iconography to Ideology (2007), Film Genre Reader (2003), and The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film (1996). As ... Read more
Reviews for The Hollywood Film Musical
“Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)