{"product_id":"the-american-musical-and-the-performance-of-personal-identity-9780691141053","title":"The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe American musical has long provided an important vehicle through which writers, performers, and audiences reimagine who they are and how they might best interact with the world around them. Musicals are especially good at this because they provide not only an opportunity for us to enact dramatic versions of alternative identities, but also the material for performing such alternatives in the real world, through songs and the characters and attitudes those songs project. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book addresses a variety of specific themes in musicals that serve this general function: fairy tale and fantasy, idealism and inspiration, gender and sexuality, and relationships, among others. It also considers three overlapping genres that are central, in quite different ways, to the projection of personal identity: operetta, movie musicals, and operatic musicals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the musicals discussed are \u003ci\u003eCamelot, Candide; Chicago; Company; Evita; Gypsy; Into the Woods; Kiss Me, Kate; A Little Night Music; Man of La Mancha; Meet Me in St. Louis; The Merry Widow; Moulin Rouge; My Fair Lady; Passion; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Singin' in the Rain; Stormy Weather; Sweeney Todd;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Complementing the author's earlier work, \u003ci\u003eThe American Musical and the Formation of National Identity\u003c\/i\u003e, this book completes a two-volume thematic history of the genre, designed for general audiences and specialists alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Knapp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691141053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Knapp\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe American Musical and the Formation of National Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton), winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. He has also published books on Brahms and Mahler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40191856803955,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_46d577a7-6755-4e20-924f-3fca860dd21d.jpg?v=1655905701","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-american-musical-and-the-performance-of-personal-identity-9780691141053","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}