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McQueen, Amanda Louise.

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After 'The Golden Age': An Industrial History of the Hollywood Musical, 1955-1975.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	After 'The Golden Age': An Industrial History of the Hollywood Musical, 1955-1975./
Author:	McQueen, Amanda Louise.
Description:	398 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-01(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-01A(E).
Subject:	Film studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10156616
ISBN:	9781369116687

After 'The Golden Age': An Industrial History of the Hollywood Musical, 1955-1975.
McQueen, Amanda Louise.

After 'The Golden Age': An Industrial History of the Hollywood Musical, 1955-1975. - 398 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-01(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2016.

This dissertation presents a revisionist history of the Hollywood musical in the immediate post-studio period in order to demonstrate the utility of an approach to genre study that is rooted in industrial history. The project asserts that the historiography of the musical has become tied to the problematic concept of a "Golden Age" and its attendant rise-and-fall narrative, and that as a result, extant histories of the genre consistently claim that the musical fell into decline in the late-1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. In seeking to revise this Standard Story of the Decline of the Hollywood Musical, which is often subjective and under-supported, the dissertation examines how the changes to modes of production, distribution, and exhibition in the decades following the break-up of the Hollywood studio system shaped the form and content of the musical genre. It argues that the contemporary industrial context facilitated the development of several intrageneric film musical cycles, each of which served a particular function for the American film industry. Using this cycle-based approach in conjunction with primary document research, chiefly from trade presses and archival collections, the dissertation shows that the changes the musical underwent in the immediate post-studio period were in fact instrumental to extending the genre's cultural and economic viability. The first four chapters of the dissertation each describe the development and function of a key cycle or trend in film musical production in the 1955 to 1975 period: Broadway adaptations, pop musicals, adult musicals, and children's musicals. The final chapter examines how the rise of film consciousness in the late-1960s shifted the aesthetics of contemporary film musicals and generated a nostalgic discourse about musicals of the past. Each chapter also contains a representative case study. The dissertation concludes that the oft-repeated narrative of the Hollywood musical's decline overlooks the important relationship between media industries and genre production. By utilizing an industrial historical approach, which focuses on how Hollywood reshaped the musical to suit the needs of the contemporary marketplace, this project writes a new history for the genre, one focused on the musical's survival and constant reinvention.

ISBN: 9781369116687Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122736
Film studies.

After 'The Golden Age': An Industrial History of the Hollywood Musical, 1955-1975.
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