American Cinderellas : imagining the working girl on the Broadway musical stage, from Irene to Gypsy / by Maya Cantu.
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TextSeries: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance historyPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Description: 288 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137561459 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Cinderella (Legendary character) -- Drama -- History and criticism | Feminism and music -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism | Musicals -- Social aspects -- United States | Women in music | Gender identity in music | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 792.6'082'097471 Summary: Drawing upon Broadway musicals ranging from Irene (1919) to Gypsy (1959), Maya Cantu considers how Cinderella Broadway musicals from the 1920s through the 1950s adapted and transformed Perrault's fairy tale icon in order to address changing social and professional roles for American women.
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Drawing upon Broadway musicals ranging from Irene (1919) to Gypsy (1959), Maya Cantu considers how Cinderella Broadway musicals from the 1920s through the 1950s adapted and transformed Perrault's fairy tale icon in order to address changing social and professional roles for American women.
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