Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical

✍ Scribed by Steven Cohan

Publisher: Duke University Press
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 378
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A look at the camp cult appeal of MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s to gay men today, along with an historical analysis of the films’ production histories.

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