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Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical
Steven Cohan
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Description for Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical
Paperback. A look at the camp cult appeal of MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s to gay men today, along with an historical analysis of the films' production histories Num Pages: 384 pages, 103 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
With their lavish costumes and sets, ebullient song and dance numbers, and iconic movie stars, the musicals that mgm produced in the 1940s seem today to epitomize camp. Yet they were originally made to appeal to broad, mainstream audiences. In this lively, nuanced, and provocative reassessment of the mgm musical, Steven Cohan argues that this seeming incongruity-between the camp value and popular appreciation of these musicals-is not as contradictory as it seems. He demonstrates that the films' extravagance and queerness were deliberate elements and keys to their popular success. In addition to examining the spectatorship of the mgm musical, Cohan ... Read more
With their lavish costumes and sets, ebullient song and dance numbers, and iconic movie stars, the musicals that mgm produced in the 1940s seem today to epitomize camp. Yet they were originally made to appeal to broad, mainstream audiences. In this lively, nuanced, and provocative reassessment of the mgm musical, Steven Cohan argues that this seeming incongruity-between the camp value and popular appreciation of these musicals-is not as contradictory as it seems. He demonstrates that the films' extravagance and queerness were deliberate elements and keys to their popular success. In addition to examining the spectatorship of the mgm musical, Cohan ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822335955
SKU
V9780822335955
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About Steven Cohan
Steven Cohan is Professor of English at Syracuse University. He is the author of Masked Men: Masculinity and the Movies in the Fifties; the editor of Hollywood Musicals: The Film Reader; and a coeditor of The Road Movie Book and Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema.
Reviews for Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical
Cohan meticulously supports his argument with detailed examples while eloquently and often humorously bringing the musicals and their stars to life. Both fans and novices are invited to rethink the political import of the MGM musicals from the studio era through the present. . . . Because of Cohan's revisionist scholarship, this book is also an essential read for anyone ... Read more