Anxiety Muted American Film Music in a Suburban Age |
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| Editor:
| Pelkey, Stanley C.
Bushard, Anthony |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-993615-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $195.00 |
Book Description:
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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 understood through the music of the time. By focusing on soundtrack and scoring, the book demonstrates that television shows and films of the era offer a more nuanced vision of community and conformity than is usually recognized, revealing much about our own current social anxieties.
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 understood through the music of the time. By focusing on soundtrack and scoring, the book demonstrates that television shows and films of the era offer a more nuanced vision of community and conformity than is usually recognized, revealing much about our own current social anxieties.