The Pop Musical. Sweat, Tears, and Tarnished Utopias, Paperback

Alberto Mira offers a new account of how pop music revolutionized the Hollywood musical. He shows that while the Hollywood system ceased producing large-scale traditional musicals, different pop strains-disco, rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, glam, and hip-hop-renewed the genre, giving it a new life.

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Author(s): Professor Alberto Mira
• Illustration(s): 10-15 film stills
• Number of pages: 160
• Collection: Short Cuts
• Publication date: 2021
• Dimensions: 139 x 217 x 15
• Cover type: Paperback / softback