Our Musicals, Ourselves : A Social History of the American Musical Theatre /

"Our Musicals, Ourselves is the first full-scale social history of the American musical theatre from the imported Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas of the late nineteenth century to such recent musicals as The Producers and Urinetown. While many aficionados of the Broadway musical associate the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jones, John Bush (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hanover : Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sociale aspecten.
Musicals.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Theâtre musical > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Comedies musicales > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Musical theater > Social aspects > United States.
Musicals > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Patriotism, xenophobia, and World War I
  • The musicals of the roaring twenties
  • Coping with Depression
  • World War II and the Rodgers and Hammerstein years
  • From isolationism to idealism in the Cold War years
  • Black and Jewish musicals since the 1960s
  • Issue-driven musicals of the turbulent years
  • Fragmented society, fragmented musicals
  • A recycled culture, nostalgia, and spectacle
  • New voices, new perspectives.

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