Traditions in World Cinema: The International Film Musical

Editor/Author Creekmur, Corey and Mokdad, Linda
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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ISBN: 978-0-74-863476-7
Category: Arts & Leisure - Film & Television
Book Status: Available
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This is the first comparative consideration of the musical's role within national cinema traditions. Individual chapters provide succinct historical and critical discussions of musicals from fifteen major national film traditions, along with the transnational musical.

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Traditions in World Cinema
  • Introduction - Corey K. Creekmur and Linda Y. Mokdad
  • PART I: EUROPE
  • 1. Britain - John Mundy
  • 2. France - Kelley Conway
  • 3. Germany - Antje Ascheid
  • 4. Portugal - Lisa Shaw
  • 5. Spain - Inmaculada Sánchez Alarcón
  • 6. Italy - Alex Marlow-Mann
  • 7. Greece - Lydia Papadimitriou
  • 8. Soviet Union - Richard Taylor
  • PART II: LATIN AMERICA
  • 9. Mexico - Ana M. López
  • 10. Brazil - João Luiz Vieira
  • PART III: ASIA
  • 11. Japan - Aaron Gerow
  • 12. China - Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh
  • 13. India - Michael Lawrence
  • PART IV: THE MIDDLE EAST
  • 14. Egypt - Linda Y. Mokdad
  • 15. Turkey - Nezih Erdoğan
  • PART V: HOLLYWOOD AND THE WORLD
  • 16. The Post-modern Transnational Film Musical - Björn Norðfjörð
  • Coda: The Musical as International Genre: Reading Notes - Rick Altman