Grant, Barry Keith
The Hollywood Film Musical
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 present including: Top Hat, Singin' in the Rain, Woodstock, Gimme Shelter, West Side Story, and Across the Universe
Keywords: Popular music, genre, film, Top Hat, Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story
, American Film, Film Studies, American Film, Film Studies
- Author(s)
- Grant, Barry Keith
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- New Approaches to Film Genre
- Page amount
- 224 pages
- Category
- Art, Art History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118231814
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405182522