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Tables of Contents for Hollywood Musicals
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction: Musical of the Studio Era
1
16
PART ONE: GENERIC FORMS
17
46
Introduction
17
2
Entertainment and Utopia
19
12
The Self-reflective Musical and the Myth of Entertainment
31
10
The American Film Musical as Dual-Focus Narrative
41
12
Busby Berkeley and the Backstage Musical
53
10
PART TWO: GENDERED SPECTACLES
63
40
Introduction
63
2
Sexual Economics: Gold Diggers of 1933
65
12
Pre-text and Text in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
77
10
``Feminizing'' the Song-and-Dance Man: Fred Astaire and the Spectacle of Masculinity in the Hollywood Musical
87
16
PART THREE: CAMP INTERVENTIONS
103
52
Introduction
103
4
Judy Garland and Camp
107
8
``Working Like a Homosexual'': Camp Visual Codes and the Labor of Gay Subjects in the MGM Freed Unit
115
14
Feminist Camp in Gold Diggers of 1933
129
14
``The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat'': Carmen Miranda, A Spectacle of Ethnicity
143
12
PART FOUR: RACIAL DISPLACEMENTS
155
40
Introduction
155
2
Dancin' in the Rain
157
18
New Deal Blackface
175
8
Beautiful White Bodies
183
12
Select Bibliography
195
6
Index
201