The Hollywood Musical

". . . both fresh and informed, as well as a pleasure to read." -- Film QuarterlySince 1982, when this book first appeared, the Hollywood musical has undergone a rebirth, with the rise of teen musicals such as Dirty Dancing and Flashdance. In a chapter written especially for this second edition of her well-known study, Jane Feuer shows how this new development in the genre relates to important changes in the cinema audience itself. It is the text for the study of Hollywood musicals.

JANE FEUER is Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh. She has published articles on film and television in numerous journals. She is co-author of MTM: "Quality Television".

Preface to the First Edition

ix

Preface to the Second Edition

xi

List of Illustrations

xiii

Acknowledgements

xv

Mass Art as Folk Art

1

(22)

Spectators and Spectacles

23

(26)

The Celebration of Popular Song

49

(18)

Dream Worlds and Dream Stages

67

(20)

The History of the Hollywood Musical: Innovation as Conservation

87

(36)

A Postscript for the Nineties

123

(24)

Filmography

147

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The Hollywood Musical

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