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The Greek Film Musical: A Critical and Cultural History

The Greek Film Musical: A Critical and Cultural History

Papadimitriou, Lydia

Paperback

Film StudiesGeneral MusicGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0786421401
ISBN13: 9780786421404
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Nov 9 2005
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.48 Width: 7.12 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

The Greek film musical was the most popular film genre in Greece in the 1960s. The songs became instant hits, the dances were performed at parties, and the fashions were imitated by people of all ages. Challenging assumptions that the Greek film musical was a culturally lacking imitation of Hollywood, this work examines the genre as a cinematic and historical phenomenon that condensed key social and cultural concerns of its time, and contributed to the development of a national popular culture in the light of the rapid Americanization of postwar Greece. During two decades characterized by affluence and upward mobility in Greek society, the musical expressed and reinforced the optimism of the times while capturing the tensions and contradictions that emerged as a result of rapid social changes.

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