The Oxford handbook of the global stage musical

• Titel: The Oxford handbook of the global stage musical
• Mitwirkende: Gordon, Robert [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Jubin, Olaf [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Robert Gordon and Olaf Jubin
• Verlagsort: New York
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: xxiv, 970 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-19-090973-4
• ISBN: 978-0-19-090976-5
• Schlagwörter: (s)Musical
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Oxford handbook of the global stage musical. - [1.]. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2023
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: The Oxford handbook of the global stage musical. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2023. - 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 970 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1848694903

Abstract

"The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world. Over the last four decades many countries have developed their own musical theatre industries, not only by importing hit shows from Broadway and London but also by establishing or reviving local traditions of musical theatre. In response to the rapid growth of musical theatre as a global phenomenon, The Oxford Handbook of the Global Stage Musical presents new scholarly approaches to issues arising from these new international markets. The volume examines the stage musical from theoretical and empirical perspectives including con-cepts of globalization and consumer culture, performance and musicological analysis, historical and cultural studies, media studies, notions of interculturalism and hybridity, gender studies, and inter-national politics. The thirty-three essays investigate major aspects of the global musical, such as the dominance of Western colonialism in its early production and dissemination, racism and sexism-both in representation and in the industry itself-as well as current conflicts between global and local interests in postmodern cultures. Featuring contributors from seventeen countries, the essays offer informed insider perspectives that reflect the diversity of the subject and offer in-depth examinations of specific cultural and economic systems. Together, they conduct penetrating comparative analysis of musical theatre in different contexts as well as a survey of the transcultural spread of musicals"--