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- Assistant Professor Marcie Ray, of the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a presentation entitled, "'Grease' and the remasculinization of America". Ray says that the film adaptation of the musical, "Grease," is a nostalgic look at 1950s rock and roll and, a particular masculine ideal. Ray also says that the movie spoke to a large segment of Americans who felt threatened by the rise of disco and it's associations with alternative masculinity and sexuality and that the film responds to what amounted to a moral panic about the death of rock music, because that death heralded the decline of white, middle-class, heterosexual dominance. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Ray, as part of the MSU Libraries Colloquia Series, cosponsored by Music in American Life. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Warren Rosenberg, Professor of English at Wabash College, delivers a talk entitled, "Spielberg, Levinson, Mamet: Violence and the Jewish (Male) Director," for the Third Annual Esther and George Kessler Lecture on Jewish Film and Media. Rosenberg examines the historic ambivalence towards the ideas of manhood. He suggests that these notions stem from centuries of oppression and the clash of Western ideals of masculinity with Eastern European rabbinical injunctions against violence. Rosenberg talks about writers and filmmakers and uses excerpts from films to demonstrate his thesis that the suppressed rage is evident. Rosenberg answers questions from the audience. Professor Keely Stauter-Halsteadl, acting director of the Michigan State University Jewish Studies Program, convenes the program. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-10-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Music Marcie Ray delivers a talk entitled "Seeking sympathy for privilege in Webber's Phantom of the Opera." Ray explores why a reincarnation of the tortured nineteenth-century genius resonated with audiences of the 1980s and 90s and shows that in the aftermath of two decades of assault on straight white masculinity, the Phantom emerges to garner sympathy for his lost prestige. Ray historicizes the Romantic genius archetype and illuminates how it represents a fitting and long-standing refuge for the eccentric Western male. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Ray.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Music Marcie Ray delivers a talk entitled "Seeking sympathy for privilege in Webber's Phantom of the Opera." Ray explores why a reincarnation of the tortured nineteenth-century genius resonated with audiences of the 1980s and 90s and shows that in the aftermath of two decades of assault on straight white masculinity, the Phantom emerges to garner sympathy for his lost prestige. Ray historicizes the Romantic genius archetype and illuminates how it represents a fitting and long-standing refuge for the eccentric Western male. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Ray.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Assistant Professor Marcie Ray, of the Michigan State University College of Music, delivers a presentation entitled, "'Grease' and the remasculinization of America". Ray says that the film adaptation of the musical, "Grease," is a nostalgic look at 1950s rock and roll and, a particular masculine ideal. Ray also says that the movie spoke to a large segment of Americans who felt threatened by the rise of disco and it's associations with alternative masculinity and sexuality and that the film responds to what amounted to a moral panic about the death of rock music, because that death heralded the decline of white, middle-class, heterosexual dominance. MSU Music Librarian Mary Black Junttonen introduces Ray, as part of the MSU Libraries Colloquia Series, cosponsored by Music in American Life. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Warren Rosenberg, Professor of English at Wabash College, delivers a talk entitled, "Spielberg, Levinson, Mamet: Violence and the Jewish (Male) Director," for the Third Annual Esther and George Kessler Lecture on Jewish Film and Media. Rosenberg examines the historic ambivalence towards the ideas of manhood. He suggests that these notions stem from centuries of oppression and the clash of Western ideals of masculinity with Eastern European rabbinical injunctions against violence. Rosenberg talks about writers and filmmakers and uses excerpts from films to demonstrate his thesis that the suppressed rage is evident. Rosenberg answers questions from the audience. Professor Keely Stauter-Halsteadl, acting director of the Michigan State University Jewish Studies Program, convenes the program. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-10-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection