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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Main Author: Bunch, Ryan ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2022
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary: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
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen
ISBN:9780190843175
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190843137.001.0001

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