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Race, Sexuality, and Gender and the Musical Screen Adaptation

An Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations, Volume 2

Dominic Broomfield-McHugh (Reader in Musicology, Reader in Musicology, University of Sheffield)

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English
Oxford University Press Inc
01 May 2023
Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s, the film musical enjoyed around thirty years of development, as landmarks such as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi showed the exciting possibilities of putting musicals on the silver screen. The second of three volumes, Race, Sexuality, and Gender and the Musical Screen Adaptation: An Oxford Handbook, traces how the genre of the stage-to-screen musical has evolved, focusing in particular of issues of race, gender and sexuality. Enduringly popular adaptations such as Kiss Me Kate and Pal Joey are considered through the lens of identity, while several chapters consider how different adaptations of the same stage musical reflect shifting historical contexts. Together, the chapters incite lively debates about the process of adapting Broadway for the big screen and provide models for future studies.

Volume I: The Politics of the Musical Theatre Screen AdaptationVolume II: Race, Sexuality, and Gender and the Musical Screen AdaptationVolume III: Stars, Studios, and the Musical Theatre Screen Adaptation

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Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 139mm,  Width: 210mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   360g
ISBN:   9780197663226
ISBN 10:   0197663222
Series:   OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
Pages:   328
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dominic Broomfield-McHugh is Reader in Musicology at the University of Sheffield. His publications include Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady (2012), Alan Jay Lerner: A Lyricist's Letters (2014), The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner (2018) and Adapting The Wizard of Oz: From Baum to MGM and Beyond (2018).

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