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Unstaged grief : musicals and mourning in midcentury America /

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"Often dismissed as escapism, screen musicals of the 1960s in fact tapped into unspoken sadness about an America that was slipping away. Jake Johnson delves into film and television musicals of the era to examine their place in networks of grieving in America, for America, and about America. Th...

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Main Author: Johnson, Jake, 1984- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [2025]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Musical films > United States > History and criticism.
Television musicals > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Television programs > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Television programs > Social aspects > United States.
Grief > United States > History > 20th century.
Grief.
Films musicaux > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Émissions musicales télévisées > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Émissions télévisées > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Émissions télévisées > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Chagrin.
Chagrin > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
grief.

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