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Free and Easy?: A Defining History of the American Film Musical Genre
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- 9781405194952
- Subject Area
- Performing Arts
- Publication Name
- Free and Easy? : a Defining History of the American Film Musical Genre
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- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Subject
- Film / History & Criticism
- Publication Year
- 2017
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- Language
- English
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- Item Weight
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- Number of Pages
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Free and Easy? A Defining History of the American Film Musical Genre narrates the evolution of this hugely popular genre from classical Hollywood studio days to contemporary independent cinema, music publishing, and the music recording industry. On the way, the book provides an engaging and comprehensive survey of music history beginning with the music and dance of Native Americans and moving right up to contemporary music performance in streaming media. Griffin examines the different ways in which the film musical genre has been defined, what gets counted as a musical, why, and who gets to make that decision. The text expands beyond the glory days of MGM and the blockbuster Broadway adaptation to also reflect on sound experiments, short subjects and cartoons, foreign-language films, "race movies", documentaries, and contemporary independent cinema. There is in-depth discussion of how the genre has incorporated other forms of musical entertainment, such as folk music, vaudeville, musical theatre, and rock. It also describes the contributions made to the genre by a number of social factors, including marginalized or subordinated identity groups who have helped invent and shape the musical, and how the genre has in turn reflected issues of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Underlying this history is an examination of how the genre continually attempts to balance a celebration of individual freedom with efforts to bring people together in a joyous community.
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1405194952
ISBN-13
9781405194952
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234893853
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Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Free and Easy? : a Defining History of the American Film Musical Genre
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2017-004054
Lc Classification Number
Pn1995.9.M86g84 2017
Table of Content
Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 Overture: Musical Traditions before Cinema 11 2 You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet: The Sound Revolution 35 3 Face the Music and Dance: The Depression 67 4 Singing a Song of Freedom: World War II 97 5 There's Beauty Everywhere: MGM and the Freed Unit 125 6 Something's Gotta Give: The Postwar Musical 147 7 Bustin' Out All Over: The Rise of the Musical Blockbuster 175 8 In a Minor Key: The B Musical and Beyond 197 9 The Sound of Money: Musicals in the 1960s 225 10 Whistling in the Dark: A Genre in Crisis 251 11 Can't Stop the Music: Musicals and the New Hollywood 279 12 Just Like Scheherezade: Reviving the Musical Film Genre 307 Index 335
Copyright Date
2018
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