The Movie Musical

DESIRÉE J. GARCIA is an associate professor in the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program and an affiliate in the Film and Media Studies Department at Dartmouth College. Her many publications include the book The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream (Rutgers University Press). She also starred in La La Land director Damien Chazelle’s first musical, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. 

Contents
 
INTRODUCTION 

THE MUSICAL AS ARCHIVE 
THE MUSICAL AS SOCIETY
THE MUSICAL AS MEDIATION

ACKNOWLDEGEMENTS 
 
FURTHER READING

WORKS CITED
 
INDEX