{"product_id":"african-american-perspectives-in-musical-theatre","title":"African American Perspectives in Musical Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins's 1879 musical \u003ci\u003ePeculiar Sam\u003c\/i\u003e to Lynn Nottage's 2021 musical \u003ci\u003eMJ\u003c\/i\u003e, the 'Black musical' does not get the credit it deserves for sustaining the genre we know and love. This introductory book is devoted to representative African-American perspectives in musical theatre from the literature of slavery and freedom, 1746-1865, to the contemporary period, offering the reader case studies of what the 'Black musical' is, how it works, and why it matters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on Glover's experience teaching Black musical theatre at a conservatory and in the liberal arts, he draws his close readings of Eubie Blake, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins and Charlie Smalls from theory and practice. Moreover, Glover investigates how the ballet, the musical comedy, the opera, the play with music and the revue are similar and different narrative sub-genres. Finally, the book reflect on issues such as blackface minstrelsy, ‘the Chitlin Circuit’, non-traditional casting and yellowface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in the \u003ci\u003eTopics in Musical Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e series, this short book gives the reader new ways of seeing the aesthetically and politically capacious category of Black musical theatre from an anti-racist approach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251116200280,"sku":"9781350247710","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350247710.jpg?v=1770873335","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/african-american-perspectives-in-musical-theatre","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}