{"product_id":"studying-musical-theatre-theory-and-practice-9781137270948","title":"Studying Musical Theatre Theory and Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillie Taylor is Professor of Musical Theatre at the University of Winchester, UK. She is author of Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment, among other titles.Dominic Symonds is Reader in Drama at the University of Lincoln, UK. He is co-editor of the Studies in Musical Theatre journal, and author of the forthcoming We'll Have Manhattan: the Early Work of Rodgers and Hart, among other titles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Acknowledgements  Introduction  PART I: READING TEXTS  1. 'A tale as old as time': Narrative Theory  2. 'A man who can interpret could go far': Semiotics and Semiology  3. 'Razzle dazzle 'em': Reception Theory and the Epic Musical  4. 'Life is a cabaret': Cultural Materialism  PART II: INTERPRETING CONTEXTS  5. 'You've got to be carefully taught': Orientalism and Musical Theatre  6. 'I wanna be a producer': Globalization, Capitalism and Consumerism  7. 'What's the buzz?' Meta-narratives and Postlinearity  PART III: PERFORMING IDENTITIES  8. 'Marry the man today': Feminism and the Performance of Identity  9. 'The bitch of living': Youth Cultures, Power, and Sexuality  10. 'I am what I am': Sexuality and Queer Theory  PART IV: RETHINKING RELATIONSHIPS  11. 'It's the last midnight': Playing with Time and Space  12. 'I'm just a Broadway baby': Intertextuality in Music and Lyrics  13. 'Dreamgirls will make you happy': The Pleasures of Voice and Body  14. 'Make 'em laugh': The Politics of Entertainment  Bibliography  Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769058591063,"sku":"9781137270948","price":30.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781137270948.jpg?v=1758719492","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/studying-musical-theatre-theory-and-practice-9781137270948","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}