The international film musical / edited by Corey K. Creekmur and Linda Y. Mokdad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Creekmur, Corey K.

Mokdad, Linda Y.

Series:

Traditions in world cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical films--History and criticism.

Musical films.

Physical Description:

xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

Summary:

The musical is not only one of Hollywood's best-known forms, but one of cinema's few genuinely international genres. Yet the film musical in world cinema remains largely unknown outside the local or regional contexts in which it has often thrived. The international Film Musial is the first comparative consideration of the musical's role within national cinema traditions. The musical has often functioned as an explicitly local or national form, drawing upon distinct 'native' rather than 'international' traditions. At the same time, it has frequently imitated or been influenced by Hollywood models, resulting in its easy dismissal as culturally 'impure'. As this book emphasises, film musicals vividly demonstrate the creative and ideological tension between promoting and abandoning traditional cultural forms and styles. This dynamic between local and global elements is at the heart of international film musicals, acknowledging the dominant Hollywood model while claiming their own cultural specificity.

Key Features:

Individual chapters provide succinct historical and critical discussions of musicals from fifteen major national film traditions, along with the transnational musical.

A coda by Rick Altman, one of the genre's most prominent scholars Book jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780748634767

0748634762

OCLC:

766317481