Cultural identity in british musical theatre, 1890–1939: knowing one’s place
Auteur :
Macpherson, Ben
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349959198
Date de publication :
25 juil. 2019
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Broadening in scope, Part Two offers a revisionary reading of Empire and Otherness on the musical stage, and concludes with a consideration of the Great War and the interwar period, as musical theatre performed a nostalgia for a particular kind of ‘Britishness’, reflecting the anxieties of a nation in decline.