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Asian musicals
Author_Desiree J. Garcia
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Cinema
Classic
Culture
Dancer in the Dark
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Escapism
European musicals
Experiences
Generation
Genre
Global
Hollywood
Hollywood classics
Immigrants
La Bamba
La La Land
Movie
Movie musicals
Musical
nostalgia
people of color
POC
Popular culture
Singin' in the Rain
Social Issues
Stereotypes
technical innovation
Women
Product details
- ISBN 9781978803787
- Weight: 1g
- Dimensions: 114 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jan 2021
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Putting Asian and European musicals into conversation with Hollywood classics like Singin' in the Rain and La La Land, this study demonstrates the flexibility and durability of the genre. It explores how the movie musical mediates between nostalgia and technical innovation, while foregrounding the experiences of women, immigrants, and people of color.
DESIRÉE J. GARCIA is an associate professor in the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program and an affiliate in the Film and Media Studies Department at Dartmouth College. Her many publications include the book The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream (Rutgers University Press). She also starred in La La Land director Damien Chazelle's first musical, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench.
