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

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   INDICE: Acknowledgments .Introduction .Chapter 1 Overture: Musical Traditions before Cinema .Chapter 2 You Ain t Heard Nothin Yet: The Sound Revolution .Chapter 3 Face the Music and Dance: The Depression .Chapter 4 Singing a Song of Freedom: World War II .Chapter 5 There s Beauty Everywhere: MGM and the Freed Unit .Chapter 6 Something s Gotta Give: The Postwar Musical .Chapter 7 Bustin Out All Over: The Rise of the Musical Blockbuster .Chapter 8 In a Minor Key: The B Musical and Beyond .Chapter 9 The Sound of Money: Musicals in the 1960s .Chapter 10 Whistling in the Dark: A Genre in Crisis .Chapter 11 Can t Stop the Music: Musicals and the New Hollywood .Chapter 12 Just Like Scheherezade: Reviving the Musical Film Genre .Index

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-9496-9
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 09/06/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés