Overview

"Punk Slash! Musicals is the first book to deal extensively with punk narrative films, specifically British and American punk rock musicals produced from roughly 1978 to 1986. Films such as Jubilee, Breaking Glass, Times Square, Smithereens, Starstruck, and Sid and Nancy represent a convergence between independent, subversive cinema and formulaic classical Hollywood and pop musical genres. Guiding this project is the concept of ""slip-sync."" Riffing on the commonplace lip-sync phenomenon, ""slip-sync"" refers to moments in the films when the punk performer ""slips"" out of sync with the performance spectacle, and sometimes the sound track itself, engendering a provocative moment of tension. This tension frequently serves to illustrate other thematic and narrative conflicts, central among these being the punk negotiation between authenticity and inauthenticity. Laderman emphasizes the strong female lead performer at the center of most of these films, as well as each film's engagement with gender and race issues. Additionally, he situates his analyses in relation to the broader cultural and political context of the neo-conservatism and new electronic audio-visual technologies of the 1980s, showing how punk's revolution against the mainstream actually depends upon a certain ironic embrace of pop culture."

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Author:   David Laderman
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780292721708

ISBN 10:   0292721706
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   01 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Let's Do the Time Warp: Welcome to the Punk Musical Film Cycle Chapter 2. Situating Slip-Sync: In/authenticity, Singin' in the Rain, A Hard Day's Night, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Blank Generation, Illusions, Nice Coloured Girls, Neocon 1980s Chapter 3. The Queen Is Dead: Jubilee Chapter 4. The Punk Meets the Godfather: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle Chapter 5. Your Face Is a Mess: Breaking Glass Chapter 6. American Slip-Sync Remix: Blank Generation, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Out of the Blue, Smithereens, Liquid Sky Chapter 7. Talk of the Town: Times Square Chapter 8. Uh Huh Her: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains Chapter 9. Now Entertain Us: Starstruck, Sid and Nancy, True Stories Postscript: Slip-Streaming Notes Works Cited Index

Reviews

Punk Slash! Musicals provide readers with the necessary context for a critical understanding of this unique genre which... remains under constant negotiation, facing new challenges and articulating unique perspectives. Scope, February 2012

Author Information

David Laderman is Associate Professor of Film at the College of San Mateo, as well as a lecturer in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State University.

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