{"product_id":"approaches-to-the-american-musical-paperback","title":"Approaches To The American Musical - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Lawson-Peebles\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eWilfrid Mellers\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eSue Rickard\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost books on the American musical are little more than exercises in nostalgia. The specially commissioned essays that make up \u003ci\u003eApproaches to the American Musical\u003c\/i\u003e take a different view of the form. Going beyond the common assertion that musicals are simply escapist; these examinations of American stage and film musicals argue that \u003ci\u003ePorgy and Bess\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTop Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKiss Me Kate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll That Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e were popular precisely because they engaged with such important American issues as ethnicity, commerce and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51382967894239,"sku":"9780859894050","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7YI1fOnJxj9780859894050.webp?v=1789293809","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/approaches-to-the-american-musical-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}