Our musicals, ourselves : a social history of the American musical theatre / John Bush Jones ; [with a foreword by Sheldon Harnick].
- 作者： Jones, John Bush. author
- 出版： Hanover : Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England 2004.
- 主題： Musicals--United States--History and criticism. , Musical theater.--Social aspects--United States.
- 版本：1st Brandeis/University Press of New England pbk. ed.
- ISBN： 0874519047 (pbk.) 、 9780874519044 (pbk.) 、 1584653116 (hbk.)
- 書目註：Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.
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- 系統號： 005140646 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
Our Musicals, Ourselves is the first full-scale social history of the American musical theater 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 it with wonderful, diversionary shows like The Music Man or My Fair Lady, John Bush Jones instead selects musicals for their social relevance and the extent to which they engage, directly or metaphorically, contemporary politics and culture. [www.amazon.com]
內容註
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.