The American musical and the formation of national identity by Knapp, Raymond instant download

The American musical and the formation of national identity by Knapp, Raymond instant download

xxi, 361 pages : 24 cm, Along with jazz & the American motion picture, the American musical is a distinctive art form that emerged in the first half of the 20th century. Raymond Knapp explores its origins & the themes that have dominated up to the modern day, Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-349) and index, Introductions. Contexts and strategies ; Nineteenth-century European roots : models and topics ; Early American developments : minstrelsy, extravaganza, pantomime, burlesque, vaudeville ; American song through Tin Pan Alley -- Defining America. Whose (Who's) America? ; American mythologies ; Counter-mythologies -- Managing America's others. Race and ethnicity ; Dealing with the Second World War ; Exoticism ; Afterword : other directions, other identities -- Appendix A : Art and commerce : the business of making musicals