| US Youth Films and Popular Music: Identity, Genre, and Musical Agency Contributor(s): McNelis, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138946915 ISBN-13: 9781138946910 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Performing Arts | Film - General - Music |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2017001467 |
| Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book brings theory from popular music studies to an examination of identity and agency in youth films while building on, and complementing, film studies literature concerned with genre, identity, and representation. McNelis includes case studies of Hollywood and independent US youth films that have had commercial and/or critical success to illustrate how films draw on specific discourses surrounding popular music genres to convey ideas about gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and other aspects of identity. He develops the concept of 'musical agency', a term he uses to discuss the relationship between film music and character agency, also examining the music characters listen to and discuss, as well as musical performances by the characters themselves |