{"product_id":"free-and-easy-9781405194969","title":"Free and Easy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of the American Musical\u003c\/i\u003e narrates the evolution of the film musical genre, discussing its influences and how it has come to be defined; the first text on this subject for over two decades, it employs the very latest concepts and research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe most up-to-date text on the subject, with uniquely comprehensive coverage and employing the very latest concepts and research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys centuries of music history from the music and dance of Native Americans to contemporary music performance in streaming media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the different ways the film musical genre has been defined, what gets counted as a musical, why, and who gets to make that decision\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe text is written in an accessible manner for general cinema and musical theatre buffs, whilst retaining theoretical rigour in research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes the contributions made to the genre by marginalized or subordinated identity groups who have helped invent and shape the musical\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u0026lt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Overture: Musical Traditions before Cinema 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: The Sound Revolution 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Face the Music and Dance: The Depression 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Singing a Song of Freedom: World War II 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 There’s Beauty Everywhere: MGM and the Freed Unit 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Something’s Gotta Give: The Postwar Musical 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Bustin’ Out All Over: The Rise of the Musical Blockbuster 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 In a Minor Key: The B Musical and Beyond 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Sound of Money: Musicals in the 1960s 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Whistling in the Dark: A Genre in Crisis 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Can’t Stop the Music: Musicals and the New Hollywood 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Just Like Scheherezade: Reviving the Musical Film Genre 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 335\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529339642199,"sku":"9781405194969","price":70.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405194969.jpg?v=1731875236","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/free-and-easy-9781405194969","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}