The most familiar entertainment icons and storylines from the 1950s and 60s remain potent signs that continue to resonate within contemporary American society and culture. Both the political Left and Right invoke the events and memories of those decades, celebrating or condemning the competing social forces embodied in and unleashed during those years. In recent decades, the entertainment industry has capitalized on this trend with films and television shows that take a look back on the 1950s and 1960s with a mixture of nostalgia and criticism. Anxiety Muted: American Film Music in a Suburban Age explores how the central concerns of the Fifties and Sixties--and resulting treatment in the motion picture media--can be examined and understood through the music of the time period. With its focus on soundtrack and scoring, the book demonstrates that specific television shows and films offer a more nuanced vision of community and conformity than is usually recognized, revealing much about our own current social anxieties.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13
9780199936151
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208956516
Product Key Features
Book Title
Anxiety Muted: American Film Music in a Suburban Age
Author
Anthony Bushard, Stanley C. Pelkey
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Music
Publication Year
2014
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
238mm
Item Width
162mm
Item Weight
590g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Stanley C. Pelkey, Anthony Bushard
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