Movie Musical

Putting Asian and European musicals into conversation with Hollywood classics like Singin’ in the Rain and La La Land, this study demonstrates the flexibility and durability of the genre. It explores how the movie musical mediates between nostalgia and technical innovation, while foregrounding the experiences of women, immigrants and people of color.

List of contents

Contents

 

INTRODUCTION 

1. THE MUSICAL AS ARCHIVE 
2. THE MUSICAL AS SOCIETY
3. THE MUSICAL AS MEDIATION

ACKNOWLDEGEMENTS 

 

FURTHER READING

WORKS CITED

 

INDEX

About the author

DESIRÉE J. GARCIA is an associate professor in the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program and an affiliate in the Film and Media Studies Department at Dartmouth College. Her many publications include the book The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream (Rutgers University Press). She also starred in La La Land director Damien Chazelle's first musical, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. 

Summary

Offers a thematic exploration of the genre with a focus on how the musical changes and adapts in order to preserve its own relevance. The book traverses time and space, from the classical period of musical film production at midcentury to the present, and from Hollywood to Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Desirée J Garcia, Desiree J. Garcia, Desirée J. Garcia
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781978803787
• ISBN: 978-1-978803-78-7
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture; Quick Takes: Movies & Popular Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet