The Migration of Musical Film : : From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream /

The Migration of Musical Film : : From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream / / Desirée J. Garcia.

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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 exami...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Garcia, Desirée J.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.) :; 20 photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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": Allá 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
  • About the Author

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