'Grease Is the Word'

Oliver Gruner is senior lecturer in visual culture at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the author of Screening the Sixties: Hollywood Cinema and the Politics of Memory (2016); his work has also been published or is forthcoming in journals such as the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Rethinking History and The Poster as well as in various edited collections. Peter Kramer is senior research fellow in cinema and TV in the Leicester Media School at De Montfort University, UK, and senior fellow in the School of Art, Media and American Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is also a regular guest lecturer at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, and at the University of Television and Film, Munich, Germany. Kramer is the author or co-editor of nine academic books.

Introduction, Oliver Gruner and Peter Kramer; 1. From Chicago to Broadway: The Origins of 'Grease', Scott Warfield, University of Central Florida; 2. 'We Were Just Trying to Entertain': 'Grease' in Production, Alexander G. Ross, University of East Anglia; 3. 'Bland? Who, Me?': Olivia Newton-John on the Road to 'Xanadu', Oliver Gruner, University of Portsmouth; 4. Travolta Fever, Adrian Garvey, Queen Mary University of London; 5. A View from the Bridge: 'Grease''s Los Angeles, Celestino Deleyto, University of Zaragoza; 6. 'Grease', the Jukebox Fifties and Time's Percolations, Christine Sprengler, University of Western Ontario; 7. 'We Go Together': Meta-diegesis and Internal Voices in 'Grease', Beth Carroll, University of Southampton; 8. 'An Easy Winner': The Marketing, Reception and Success of 'Grease', Peter Kramer, University of East Anglia; 9. Vanishing Pregnancies to Flying Cars: Examining Changing Reactions to the Carnival in 'Grease', Frances Smith, University of Sussex; 10. 'Grease', Late Teens and the Twentysomething Audience Today, Rebecca Feasey, Bath Spa University; 11. Look at Me on DVD: 'Grease' in the Home, Simon Hobbs, University of Portsmouth; Index.