Staging Rebellion in the Musical, Hair

Marginalised Voices in Musical Theatre

Sarah Elisabeth Browne

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Musicals

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the musical Hair and will offer critical analysis which focuses on giving voice to those who are historically considered to be on the margins of musical theatre history.

Sarah Browne interrogates key scenes from the musical which will seek to identify the relationship between performance and the cultural moment. Whilst it is widely acknowledged that Hair is a product of the sixties counter-culture, this study will place the analysis in its socio-historical context to specifically reveal American values towards race, gender, and adolescence. In arguing that Hair is a rebellion against the established normative values of both American society and the art form of the musical itself, this book will suggest ways in which Hair can be considered utopian: not only as a utopian ‘text’ but in the practices and values it embodies, and the emotions it generates in its audiences.

This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of music, musical theatre, popular music, American studies, film studies, gender studies, or African American studies.

By: Sarah Elisabeth Browne
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032224732
ISBN 10: 1032224738
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Hair: Origins, Forms, and the ‘Fragmented’ Musical. PART I: Race 2: ‘Colored Spade’: Reappropriating Stereotypes. 3: ‘I Ain’t Dyin’ for No White Man’: Black Power on Broadway. PART II: Gender 4: Feminist Approaches. 5: Multiple Masculinities. PART III: Hair and Its Resonances 6: Crossing Over: Hair and the Music Industry. 7: Reviving the Text: Hair in the Contemporary Era. 8: The Utopian Promise of Hair. 9: Conclusion. Index

Sarah Elisabeth Browne is Head of the School of Performing Arts and Associate Dean at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She has worked extensively as conductor, arranger, and musical director, and has worked in education for over 20 years. Her research interests include the politics of race and gender in musical theatre, American musical theatre of the 1960s, and stage-to-screen transitions of musicals.

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Staging Rebellion in the Musical, Hair

Marginalised Voices in Musical Theatre

Sarah Elisabeth Browne

$83.99

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