Great White Way Race and the Broadway Musical

Name: Great White Way Race and the Broadway Musical
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ISBN: 9780813563343

ISBN-10: 0813563348

ISBN-13: 9780813563343

Edition: 2014

Authors: Warren Hoffman

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Broadway musicals are one of America’s most beloved art forms and play to millions of people each year. But what do these shows, which are often thought to be just frothy entertainment, really have to say about our country and who we are as a nation?The Great White Way is the first book to reveal the racial politics, content, and subtexts that have haunted musicals for almost one hundred years from Show Boat (1927) to The Scottsboro Boys (2011). Musicals mirror their time periods and reflect the political and social issues of their day. Warren Hoffman investigates the thematic content of the Broadway musical and considers how musicals work on a structural level, allowing them to…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 2/18/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English