Top Hat
by Peter William Evans /
2010 / English / PDF
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Top Hat is the first volume to spotlight this classicHollywood film, probing the musical genre, notions of romanceand subjectivity, as well as the contested relations between thesexes. Offers a detailed analysis of one of Hollywood′s greatestmusicals, including a comprehensive survey of the film′sproduction, promotion and reception, all measured against thebackground of 1930s socio–political contexts in the USA Explores the musical genre and questions of (gendered) nationalidentity, romance, subjectivity and the notion of the couple Written in a clear, accessible style, Top Hat probes text andcontext carefully to appeal to the student and teacher of themusical and of Hollywood film history, as well as the film–lovinggeneral reader
