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Her turn on stage : the role of women in musical theatre
- Title
- Her turn on stage : the role of women in musical theatre / Grace Barnes.
- Author
- Barnes, Grace, 1965-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JME 15-459 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Description
- vii, 210 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Audiences for musical theater are predominantly women, yet the shows onstage are frequently created and produced by men. Onstage, female characters are often victims or sex objects and lack the complexity of their male counterparts. Offstage, women are under-represented among. While other areas of the arts rally behind gender equality, musical theater seems to disregard women"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: how to handle a woman -- Superboy and the invisible girl : the lack of women in creative positions -- Loving you is not a choice : women as martyrs to heterosexual love -- He's no good, but I'm no good without him : great roles for women? -- If a girl isn't pretty : male gaze and the musical -- It's not just for gays anymore! the influence of gay culture on musical theatre -- Why can't a woman be more like a man? difference and the musical -- A secretary is not a toy : revivals and the contemporary audience -- New ways to dream.
- Call Number
- JME 15-459
- ISBN
- 9780786498611
- 0786498617
- 9781476620459 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015020268
- OCLC
- 900306764
- Author
- Barnes, Grace, 1965- author.
- Title
- Her turn on stage : the role of women in musical theatre / Grace Barnes.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JME 15-459