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When Frankie Went to Hollywood
Frank Sinatra and American Male Identity
Karen McNally
Cloth978-0-252-03334-6
$65.00
Paper978-0-252-07542-1
$24.95
| Pub Date: | 2008 |
| Pages: | 248 pages |
| Dimensions: | 6 x 9 in. |
| Illustrations: | 10 Photographs |
Illuminating the cinematic career of a male pop icon
This first in-depth study of Frank Sinatra's film career explores his iconic status in relation to his many performances in postwar Hollywood cinema. When Frankie Went to Hollywood considers how Sinatra's musical acts, television appearances, and public commentary impacted his screen performances in Pal Joey, The Tender Trap, Some Came Running, The Man with the Golden Arm, and other hits. A lively discussion of sexuality, class, race, ethnicity, and male vulnerability in postwar American culture illuminates Karen McNally's investigation into Sinatra's cinematic roles and public persona. This entertainment luminary, she finds, was central in shaping debates surrounding definitions of American male identity in the 1940s and '50s.
"McNally provides the most thorough and nuanced account of Sinatra's postwar persona that I have ever read. When Frankie Went to Hollywood will take its place among the very best books on a performer whose life and career continue to exert considerable interest and fascination. This remarkable book explores how Sinatra's image and performances were a contradictory mix of swagger and sensitivity, aggression and vulnerability, and casualness and commitment."--Steve Neale, author of Genre and Hollywood
"A bold and stimulating work, When Frankie Went to Hollywood offers a compelling study of Sinatra through the filters of class, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. McNally's interpretation of Sinatra's image and critical reflection on the role of star studies within the academy will appeal to scholars and students of popular music history, cultural studies, media studies, and American studies. A joy to read."--Peter Stanfield, author of Body and Soul: Jazz and Blues in American Film, 1927-63
Karen McNally is the Course Leader for Film Studies at London Metropolitan University.
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Subjects:
Film / American Cultural History / Popular Culture / History, Am.: 20th C.
