Pop musical, the: sweat, tears, and tarnished utopias

Auteur :
Mira, Professor Alberto
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231191234
Date de publication :
9 nov. 2021
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Alberto Mira offers a new account of how pop music revolutionized the Hollywood musical. He shows that while the Hollywood system ceased producing large-scale traditional musicals, different pop strains—disco, rock ’n’ roll, doo-wop, glam, and hip-hop—renewed the genre, giving it a new life.