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Top Hat

ISBN: 9781405188296 | 1405188294
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 9/27/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
There are certain films and shows that resonate with audiences everywhere-they generate discussion and debate about everything from gender, class, citizenship and race, to consumerism and social identity. This new 'teachable canon' of film and television introduces students to alternative classics that range from silent film to CSI. The most brilliant of all the 1930s Astaire/Rogers musicals, Top Hat's wonderful dance routines, catchy Irving Berlin songs, witty dialogue, and lavish Art Deco sets have ensured its continuing popularity seventy-fi... MORE
List of Figuresp. vi
Synopsisp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
The Making of Top Hatp. 6
Fred Astaire: "Outlaw" Stylist of the Dancep. 19
Ginger Rogers: Confirming and Defying Conventionp. 26
Introduction to Narrative and Number: The Bumpy Road to Lovep. 35
The Numbersp. 43
Querying Nation... MOREp. 85
Conclusion: A Perfectly Swell Romancep. 101
Notesp. 104
Bibliographyp. 106
Indexp. 114
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Peter William Evans is a Professor of Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London. His publications range from classical Hollywood (books on the musical, romantic comedy, and the Biblical epic, and articles on film noir, the western, and Hitchcock), to British cinema (a book on Carol Reed) and Spanish cinema (books on Bunuel, Almodovar, and Bigas Luna).


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