West Side Story - Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth A. Wells is associate professor and head of the music department at Mount Allison University. She has been published in Cambridge Opera Journal and Journal of the American Musicological Society. Wells is also the recipient of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship (2010), Canada's top teaching honor. Klappentext West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical presents a major scholarly study of the famous American musical West Side Story, viewing the work from cultural, historical, and musical perspectives. From the "mambo craze" of the 1950s to the work's ongoing permeation of popular culture, Wells looks at the myriad ways in which this canonic musical reflects and refracts American culture.

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By Elizabeth A. Wells

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Not Available (NA), Elizabeth A Wells, Elizabeth A. Wells, Elizabeth Anne Wells
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2010
• EAN: 9780810876668
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-7666-8
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Allgemeines, Lexika