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Author Kessler, Kelly, 1972-

Title Destabilizing the Hollywood musical : music, masculinity and mayhem / Kelly Kessler.

Imprint Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  791.43609 K485d 2010    ---  Available
Description xiii, 256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244) and index.
Contents Introduction : The musical and masculinity take a turn for the ambivalent -- Nothing is comin' up roses : the desertion of narrative utopia -- On a clear day you can see the cracks in the scenery: visual reflexivity and realism trump nostalgic idealism -- Wanna sing and dance? these new guys are ambivalent about it -- The new guard's musical masculinity -- Epilogue : I could go on singing.
Subject Musical films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
ISBN 9780230230491
0230230490

 
    
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