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Kate Bush and the moving image

Title
Kate Bush and the moving image / Stephen Glynn.
ISBN
100347960X
9781003479604
9781032766843
9781032766867
Edition
[1.].
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2025.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Summary
"In this unique study, Stephen Glynn demonstrates that Kate Bush's work, in both sound and vision, has long been influenced and characterised by, and at times aimed at, film and television media. The volume explores in depth Bush's 'music of allusion' and analyses first the significance of film and television references throughout the lyrics and settings of her songs, beginning with her breakthrough hit 'Wuthering Heights'. It also surveys the shaping presence of film and television in the look, narrative and artistry of her music videos, including the examination of celebrated works such as 'Cloudbusting' and 'Hounds of Love'. Finally, the book assesses Bush's most intensive cinematic undertaking, her 1993 album The Red Shoes, with its evident homage to the 1948 film of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and its concurrent visual reworking as Bush's sole film venture, The Line, The Cross & The Curve. Thus, with its deployment across music, video and film, Glynn demonstrates the centrality of Kate Bush's cinephilia to her work. Accessible yet academically rigorous, Kate Bush and the Moving Image is a stand-out study of the iconic singer-songwriter's discography and cinematic ventures. It will appeal to both students and scholars of Film, Television, Media, Cultural and Popular Music Studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Glynn, Stephen. Kate Bush and the moving image [1.] Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2025
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. Kate Bush and Swapping Places
Part 1. Music. It's Like a Film : Kate Bush and Songs Influenced by Screen Media ; Be Kind to My Mistakes : Kate Bush and Bespoke Soundtrack Work
Part 2. Video. Moments of Pleasure : Kate Bush as Music Video Performer ; This Woman's Work : Kate Bush as Music Video Director
Part 3. Film. A Matter of Life and Death : Kate Bush and The Red Shoes ; Strange Phenomena : Kate Bush and The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Conclusion. Kate Bush and the Whole Story
Appendix. Kate Bush's Desert Island Films.
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