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245 00 a| Approaches to the American musical /c| edited by Robert Lawson-Peebles.;

260 a| Exeter :b| University of Exeter Press,c| 1996.;

300 a| vii, 167 pages :b| music ;c| 23 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 g| Introduction:t| Cultural musicology and the American musical /r| Robert Lawson-Peebles --t| From Butterfly to Saigon: Europe, America, and "success" /r| Wilfrid Mellers --t| There's no business like show business: a speculative reading of the Broadway musical /r| Carey Wall --t| From Gold diggers to Bar girls: a selective history of the American movie musical /r| Ralph Willett --t| Holy yumpin' yiminy: Scandinavian immigrant stereotypes in the early twentieth century American musical /r| Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey --t| Movies in disguise: negotiating censorship and patriarchy through the dances of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers /r| Sue Rickard --t| Brush up on your Shakespeare: the case of Kiss me, Kate /r| Robert Lawson-Peebles --t| Who loves you Porgy? The debates surrounding Gershwin's musical /r| David Horn --t| West Side Story revisited /r| Wilfrid Mellers --t| Sondheim and the art that has no name /r| Stephen Banfield.;

520 a| This new analysis of American film and stage musicals puts forward the argument that productions such as Kiss Me Kate were popular because they dealt with important issues such as ethnicity, rather than because of their value as escapism.;

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Approaches to the American musical / edited by Robert Lawson-Peebles.

Other author	Lawson-Peebles, Robert, editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 1996.
Description	vii, 167 pages : music ; 23 cm
Subjects	Musicals--United States. --History and criticism. Musical films--United States. --History and criticism. Dramatic music--United States. --History and criticism.

Contents	Introduction: Cultural musicology and the American musical / Robert Lawson-Peebles -- From Butterfly to Saigon: Europe, America, and "success" / Wilfrid Mellers -- There's no business like show business: a speculative reading of the Broadway musical / Carey Wall -- From Gold diggers to Bar girls: a selective history of the American movie musical / Ralph Willett -- Holy yumpin' yiminy: Scandinavian immigrant stereotypes in the early twentieth century American musical / Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey -- Movies in disguise: negotiating censorship and patriarchy through the dances of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers / Sue Rickard -- Brush up on your Shakespeare: the case of Kiss me, Kate / Robert Lawson-Peebles -- Who loves you Porgy? The debates surrounding Gershwin's musical / David Horn -- West Side Story revisited / Wilfrid Mellers -- Sondheim and the art that has no name / Stephen Banfield.
Abstract	This new analysis of American film and stage musicals puts forward the argument that productions such as Kiss Me Kate were popular because they dealt with important issues such as ethnicity, rather than because of their value as escapism.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	gb 96034702
ISBN	0859894053 (pbk) :

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