Oz and the musical: performing the American fairy tale

How has 'The Wizard of Oz' become so popular on film, television, and stage? This book offers new insights into American identity through the special relationship between musicals and L. Frank Baum's children's novel. Drawing on personal experience, Ryan Bunch offers new readings...

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1. Verfasser: Bunch, Ryan ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:How has 'The Wizard of Oz' become so popular on film, television, and stage? This book offers new insights into American identity through the special relationship between musicals and L. Frank Baum's children's novel. Drawing on personal experience, Ryan Bunch offers new readings of the MGM film (1939), 'The Wiz' (1975), 'Wicked' (2003), and other Oz musicals to reveal how the performative magic of the fairy tale musical, with its implied inclusions and exclusions, imagines an American utopia
Beschreibung:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:9780190843175
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190843137.001.0001

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