{"product_id":"approaches-to-the-american-musical-9780859894050","title":"Approaches To The American Musical","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Lawson-Peebles | Wilfrid Mellers | Sue Rickard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Exeter Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Exeter Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Pop Vocal\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":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46893155844247,"sku":"9780859894050","price":2247.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780859894050.webp?v=1770314364","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/approaches-to-the-american-musical-9780859894050","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}