198 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment , asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art. Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of entertainment in movies such as The Sound of Music and Speed , and argues that entertainment is... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Idea of Entertainment 3. A Bit of Uplift: Classical Ballet 4. Quality Pleasures 5. Entertainment and Utopia 6. The Colour of Entertainment 7. The Sound of Music 8. Sweet Charity 9. Action! 11. Lethal Repetition 12. First a Star: Elizabeth Taylor 13. The Son of the Sheik 14. Don't Look Now: the Instabilities of the Male Pin-Up 15. Coming to Terms: Gay Pornography 16. In Defence of Disco 17. Getting Over the Rainbow: Identity and Pleasure in Gay Cultural Politics 18. The Waning of Entertainment
Biography
Richard Dyer is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick.
