Reframing the Musical
Race, Culture and Identity
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Beschreibung
This critical and inclusive edited collection offers an overview of the musical in relation to issues of race, culture and identity. Bringing together contributions from Cultural, American and Theatre Studies for the first time, the chapters offer fresh perspectives on musical theatre history, calling for a radical and inclusive new approach. By questioning ideas about what the musical is about and who it for, this groundbreaking book retells the story of the musical, prioritising previously neglected voices to reshape our understanding of the form.
Timely and engaging, this is required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Musical Theatre. It offers an intersectional approach which will also be invaluable for theatre practitioners.
- Interdisciplinary in scope, bringing Cultural and American Studies together with Musical Theatre
- Brings together a diverse and dynamic range of new and more established contributors
- Responds to a rise in mainstream interest in musical theatre and its connections to race
Autor*in
Sarah Whitfield
Themen in »Reframing the Musical«
Musical Musical Theatre Musical Theatre and Race Musical and Race Musical Theatre and Identity Musical Theatre and Culture