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The Song Is You : Musical Theatre and the Politics of Bursting into Song and Dance /

"Musicals, it is often said, burst into song and dance when mere words can no longer convey the emotion. This book argues that musicals burst into song and dance when one body can no longer convey the emotion. Rogers shows how the musical's obsession with burlesque and minstrelsy model the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Rogers, James Bradley, 1982- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: University of Iowa Press : University of Iowa Press, 2020.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Introduction. Bursting into Song and Dance
  • The Dancing Tableau of Oklahoma!
  • Bring on the Girls : The Princess Theatre & The (Tired) Businesswoman
  • His Innermost Being : Brecht, Musicals, and the Politics of Identification
  • The Rhythmic Integration of Blackness : Rouben Mamoulian and Show Boat
  • The Exotic and Erotic Economy of Musical Impersonation
  • Get Out of That Dress : David Henry Hwang's Flower Drum Song
  • The Through-Sung Musical : From Ballet Ballads to Hamilton
  • Conclusion. Rethinking the "Delivery System".