Desirée J Garcia

The Migration of Musical Film

From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream

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Produktbeschreibung

Movie musicals are among the most quintessentially American art forms, often celebrating mobility, self-expression and the pursuit of one's dreams. But like America itself, the Hollywood musical draws from many distinct ethnic traditions. In this illuminating new study, Desirée J. Garcia examines the lesser-known folk musicals from early African American, Yiddish and Mexican filmmakers, revealing how these were essential ingredients in the melting pot of the Hollywood musical.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780813568645
• ISBN-10: 0813568641
• Artikelnr.: 40053745

Autorenporträt

 DESIRÉE J. GARCIA is an assistant professor in the Program in Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University. Formerly a producer for the PBS documentary series American Experience, she has published numerous articles and book chapters on film spectatorship and the American musical.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: There's No Place Like Home
1. The Shtetls, Shund, and Shows of Musicals
2. The Musicals of Black Folk: Race Cinema and the Black-Cast Musicals of
1929
3. "Not a Musical in Any Sense of the Word": Alla en el Rancho Grande
 Crosses the Border
4. "Our Home Town": The Hollywood Folk Musical
5. "Tahiti, Rome, and Mason City, Iowa": Musical Migrants in the Postwar
Era
6. "Ease on Down the Road": Folk Musicals of the Ethnic Revival
7. Home Is Where the Audience Is: The Sing-Along
Conclusion: Beyond the Rainbow
Notes
Bibliography
Index