Busby Berkeley at Warner Bros. ideology and utopia in the Hollywood musical / James Phillips.
| Author/creator | Phillips, James, 1970- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | [First edition]. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Busby Berkeley at Warner Brothers |
| Series | New approaches to sound, music, and media; [volume 17] |
| Contents | Introduction -- Women and the machinery of escape -- In the lair of the cyclops -- Love and censorship -- Placing spectacle and the unfinished business of fascism -- Pre-Code coda : she had to say yes -- Afterword : contemporary lessons from the aesthetics of the 1930s |
| Abstract | "Busby Berkeley's big-production numbers are emblematic of the Hollywood dream factory. Exploring the tensions between escapism and ideological overcoding in the Warner Bros. musical, this book tracks the ways in which Berkeley created spectacles that are both critical and complacent in relation to the society that produced and received them. It makes the case that the Warner Bros. musical, with its attention to the specificity and containment of the aesthetic dimension, has corrective lessons to impart for the aestheticized politics not only of the 1930s, but also of the current age"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024029946 |
| ISBN | 9798765124819 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9798765124857 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |