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Her turn on stage : the role of women in musical theatre / Grace Barnes.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML82 .B33 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, Grace, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in musical theater.
- Women musical theater producers and directors.
- Musical theater producers and directors.
- Musicals--History and criticism.
- Musicals.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 210 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786498611
- 0786498617
- OCLC:
- 900306764
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