Top HatISBN: 978-1-4051-8829-6
Hardcover
144 pages
September 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Top Hat is the first volume to spotlight this classic
Hollywood film, probing the musical genre, notions of romance
and subjectivity, as well as the contested relations between the
sexes.
- Offers a detailed analysis of one of Hollywood's greatest musicals, including a comprehensive survey of the film's production, promotion and reception, all measured against the background of 1930s socio-political contexts in the USA
- Explores the musical genre and questions of (gendered) national identity, romance, subjectivity and the notion of the couple
- Written in a clear, accessible style, Top Hat probes text and context carefully to appeal to the student and teacher of the musical and of Hollywood film history, as well as the film-loving general reader