The Palgrave Handbook of Music in Comedy Cinema

Audissino, Emilio; Wennekes, Emile

This handbook tackles the understudied relationship between music and comedy cinema by analysing the nature, perception, and function of music from fresh perspectives. Its approach is not only multidisciplinary, but also interdisciplinary in its close examination of how music and other cinematic devices interact in the creation of comedy. The volume addresses gender representation, national identities, stylistic strategies, and employs inputs from cultural studies, musicology, music theory, psychology, cognitivism, semiotics, formal and stylistic film analysis, and psychoanalysis. It is organised in four sections: general introductions, theoretical investigations, music and comedy within national cinemas, and exemplary case studies of films or authors.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-10-25

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031334245

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33422-1

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 781.0