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Free and Easy?: A Defining History of the American Film Musical Genre - Couverture souple

Griffin, Sean

 
9781405194952: Free and Easy?: A Defining History of the American Film Musical Genre
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1405194952 ISBN 13 : 9781405194952
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2017

Synopsis

A History of the American Musical narrates the evolution of the film musical genre, discussing its influences and how it has come to be defined; the first text on this subject for over two decades, it employs the very latest concepts and research.

  • The most up-to-date text on the subject, with uniquely comprehensive coverage and employing the very latest concepts and research
  • Surveys centuries of music history from the music and dance of Native Americans to contemporary music performance in streaming media
  • Examines the different ways the film musical genre has been defined, what gets counted as a musical, why, and who gets to make that decision
  • The text is written in an accessible manner for general cinema and musical theatre buffs, whilst retaining theoretical rigour in research
  • Describes the contributions made to the genre by marginalized or subordinated identity groups who have helped invent and shape the musical

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À propos de l'auteur

Sean Griffin is a Professor of Film and Media Arts at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out (1999). He is the editor of Hetero: Queering Representations of Straightness (2009) and What Dreams Were Made of: Movie Stars of the 1940s (2011). He co-edited Queer Cinema, The Film Reader (with Harry M. Benshoff, 2005), and co-authored America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies (Wiley Blackwell, 2009) and Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America (2006).

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405194952
ISBN 13 
9781405194952
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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