Destabilizing the Hollywood Musical: Music, Masculinity and Mayhem

By Kelly Kessler

Book Overview

Acknowledgements 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 Notes Appendix Bibliography Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349311499
• ISBN13: 9781349311491
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"