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The Great White Way reveals the racial politics, content, and subtexts that have haunted musicals for almost one hundred years from Show Boat (1927) to The Scottsboro Boys (2011). It investigates the thematic content of the Broadway musical and considers how musicals work on a structural level, allo...

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Autor principal: Hoffman, Warren, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Performing Arts.
Race in musical theater.
Music and race.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > Broadway & Musical Revue.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Theâtre musical > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Theâtre musical > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Theâtre musical > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Theâtre musical > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Musique et race.
Race au theâtre musical.
Musical theater > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century.
Musical theater > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Musical theater > Social aspects > United States > History > 21st century.
Musical theater > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Great White Way reveals the racial politics, content, and subtexts that have haunted musicals for almost one hundred years from Show Boat (1927) to The Scottsboro Boys (2011). It investigates the thematic content of the Broadway musical and considers how musicals work on a structural level, allowing them to simultaneously present and hide their racial agendas. New archival research will have theater fans and scholars forever rethinking how they view this popular American ente.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813563367

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