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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

      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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