{"product_id":"approaches-to-the-american-musical-exeter-studies-in-american-commonwealth-arts-exeter-studies-in-american-and-commonwealth-arts-9780859894050","title":"Approaches to the American Musical Exeter Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost books on the American musical are little more than exercises in nostalgia. The specially commissioned essays that make up \u003cem\u003eApproaches to the American Musical\u003c\/em\u003e take a different view of the form, going beyond the common assertion that musicals are simply escapist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCopyright Acknowledgements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction.  Cultural Musicology and the American Musical, Robert Lawson-Peebles\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. From Butterfly to Saigon - Europe, America and \"Success\", Wilfrid Mellers\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. There's No Business like Show Business - a Speculative Reading of the Broadway Musical, Carey Wall\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. From Gold Diggers to Bar Girls - a Selective History of the American Movie Musical, Ralph Willett\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5. Holy Yumpin' Yiminy Scandinavian Immigrant Stereotypes in Early 20th Century American Musical, Anne-Charlotte Hanes Harvey\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. Movies in Disguise - Negotiating Censorship and Patriarchy Through the Dances of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Sue Rickard\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. Brush Up Your Shakespeare, Robert Lawson-Peebles\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e8. Who Loves You Porgy? The Debates Surrounding Gershwin's Musical, David Horn\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e9. \"West Side Story\" Revisited, Wilfrid Mellers\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e10. Sondheim and the Art that has No Name, Stephen Banfield\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359246582103,"sku":"9780859894050","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780859894050.jpg?v=1754124097","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/approaches-to-the-american-musical-exeter-studies-in-american-commonwealth-arts-exeter-studies-in-american-and-commonwealth-arts-9780859894050","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}