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The first full-length book devoted to Jacques Demy in the English language. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction: ‘Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse’: background and early filmmaking

1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond
2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy’s musicals
3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde
4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde
5. Mythologising Demy

Concluding remarks
Filmography
Select bibliography
Index

Jacques Demy

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 11/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780719087394, 978-0719087394
    ISBN10: 0719087392
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    Biography: arts and entertainment Individual film directors

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    The first full-length book devoted to Jacques Demy in the English language. -- .

    Table of Contents

    Introduction: ‘Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse’: background and early filmmaking

    1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond
    2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy’s musicals
    3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde
    4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde
    5. Mythologising Demy

    Concluding remarks
    Filmography
    Select bibliography
    Index

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