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- catalog abstract ""Our Musicals, Ourselves is the first full-scale social history of the American musical theatre from the imported Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas of the late nineteenth century to such recent musicals as The Producers and Urinetown. While many aficionados of the Broadway musical associate the genre only with diversionary shows like The Music Man or My Fair Lady, John Bush Jones singles out musicals for their social relevance. He is interested in how they engage, directly or metaphorically, contemporary politics and culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12828335.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Our Musicals, Ourselves is the first full-scale social history of the American musical theatre from the imported Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas of the late nineteenth century to such recent musicals as The Producers and Urinetown. While many aficionados of the Broadway musical associate the genre only with diversionary shows like The Music Man or My Fair Lady, John Bush Jones singles out musicals for their social relevance. He is interested in how they engage, directly or metaphorically, contemporary politics and culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.".
- catalog description "Patriotism, xenophobia, and World War I -- The musicals of the roaring twenties -- Coping with Depression -- World War II and the Rodgers and Hammerstein years -- From isolationism to idealism in the Cold War years -- Black and Jewish musicals since the 1960s -- Issue-driven musicals of the turbulent years -- Fragmented society, fragmented musicals -- A recycled culture, nostalgia, and spectacle -- New voices, new perspectives.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 411 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Our musicals, ourselves.".
- catalog identifier "1584653116 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Our musicals, ourselves.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Hanover : Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England,".
- catalog relation "Our musicals, ourselves.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "782.1/4/0973 21".
- catalog subject "ML1711 .J65 2003".
- catalog subject "Musical theater Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Musical theater United States Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Musicals United States History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Patriotism, xenophobia, and World War I -- The musicals of the roaring twenties -- Coping with Depression -- World War II and the Rodgers and Hammerstein years -- From isolationism to idealism in the Cold War years -- Black and Jewish musicals since the 1960s -- Issue-driven musicals of the turbulent years -- Fragmented society, fragmented musicals -- A recycled culture, nostalgia, and spectacle -- New voices, new perspectives.".
- catalog title "Our musicals, ourselves : a social history of the American musical theater / John Bush Jones.".
- catalog type "text".