The late Michael Dunne was a professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University. He lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

“unique...thorough and well researched...comprehensive”—Film & History.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Introduction      1. Hollywood Musicals and the Depression      2. Blackface Minstrelsy in Musicals      3. Confronting Rock Culture      4. Dance as a Narrative Agent      5. American Places and Spaces      6. Fred and Gene in Never Never Land      7. Musical Biopics      8. Intertextual Musicals      9. Conclusion: “How About a Nice Musical?”      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index

The late Michael Dunne was a professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University. He lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

“unique...thorough and well researched...comprehensive”—Film & History.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Introduction      1. Hollywood Musicals and the Depression      2. Blackface Minstrelsy in Musicals      3. Confronting Rock Culture      4. Dance as a Narrative Agent      5. American Places and Spaces      6. Fred and Gene in Never Never Land      7. Musical Biopics      8. Intertextual Musicals      9. Conclusion: “How About a Nice Musical?”      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index

The late Michael Dunne was a professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University. He lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

“unique...thorough and well researched...comprehensive”—Film & History.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Introduction      1. Hollywood Musicals and the Depression      2. Blackface Minstrelsy in Musicals      3. Confronting Rock Culture      4. Dance as a Narrative Agent      5. American Places and Spaces      6. Fred and Gene in Never Never Land      7. Musical Biopics      8. Intertextual Musicals      9. Conclusion: “How About a Nice Musical?”      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index