1st Edition
Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action A Different Tune
By Amanda Howell
Copyright 2015
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
Amanda Howell offers a new perspective on the contemporary pop score as the means by which masculinities not seen—or heard—before become a part of post-World War II American cinema. Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action addresses itself to an eclectic mix of film, from Elvis and Travolta star vehicles to Bruckheimer-produced blockbuster action, including the work of musically-innovative... Read more
Introduction 1. A Different Tune: Hollywood, Popular Music, and Elvis in the 1950s 2.Orchestrating Violence: Music and Masculinity in Scorsese’s Gangster Films 3. Two Worlds: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and the Dual Diegesiss 4. The Power Chord Goes to War: the Bruckheimer Film, Music and Militainment 5. Queering the Road Movie Soundtrack: Gregg Araki’s The Living End 6. John Travolta, A Song and Dance Man in Action Conclusion
Biography
Amanda Howell is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Griffith University, Australia.
