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Something for the boys : musical theater and gay culture / John M. Clum.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML1700 .C58 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clum, John M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men and musicals.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 317 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- Clum provides a smart, affectionate, and frequently hilarious book about gay men and the musical theater. 12 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Overture
- Musical Theater and Gay Culture 1
- Chapter I Opening Chorus
- Line Dancers and Show Queens 27
- Chapter II Patter Songs
- Gay Lyrics, Gay Icons 49
- Chapter III Love Duets
- "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught": Heterosexuality and Us 87
- Chapter IV Show Stoppers
- "Here She Is, Boys!": On Divas, Drag, and Immortality 133
- Chapter V Star Turns
- The Diva Musical 167
- Chapter VI Dream Ballets
- Chorus Boys 197
- Chapter VII Fraught Love Duets
- Sondheim and I 211
- Chapter VIII Different Tunes
- Fairy Tales: Gay Musicals 245.
- Notes:
- Discography: pages [283]-296.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-307) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312210582
- OCLC:
- 41017550
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