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West Side Story
Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical
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2010
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In West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical, Wells presents a major scholarly study of the famous American musical West Side Story, viewing the work from cultural, historical, and musical perspectives. From the "mambo craze" of the 1950s to the work's ongoing permeation of popular culture, Wells looks at the myriad ways in which this canonic musical reflects and refracts American culture.
Drawing on primary documentary sources, oral history—including interviews with members of the original creative team such as Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents—and early sketch material, Wells explores the creation and dissemination of West Side Story to diverse audiences. After a short history of West Side Story's creation, each chapter investigates the musical from a different cultural perspective, examining its relationship to the classical canon and Leonard Bernstein's investment in that tradition, juvenile delinquency in the 1950s, feminism and the women of West Side Story, Latin-American and Hispanic influences, and its international reception and distribution. Richly illustrated with images and musical examples and complete with factual appendixes like a chronological timeline, discography, and cast and crew list, this fascinating account is exciting for specialists and non-specialists alike.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-7666-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-7422-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
312
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Acknowledgments No access
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Chapter 01. “There’s a Place for Us” No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter 02. From Gangway! to Broadway No access Pages 27 - 54
Chapter 03. “Music about Music” No access Pages 55 - 98
Chapter 04. “Mambo!” No access Pages 99 - 140
Chapter 05. “I and Velma Ain’t Dumb” No access Pages 141 - 188
Chapter 06. “A Boy Like That” No access Pages 189 - 216
Chapter 07. From the West Side to the East Side No access Pages 217 - 248
Chapter 08. “Finale” No access Pages 249 - 258
Appendix A: Lyrics to Select Songs No access Pages 259 - 266
Appendix B: Chronology No access Pages 267 - 268
Appendix C: Cast and Crew of Various Productions, Including Award Nominations and Wins No access Pages 269 - 274
Appendix D: Discography of Complete Show Recordings No access Pages 275 - 276
Bibliography No access Pages 277 - 298
Index No access Pages 299 - 310
About the Author No access Pages 311 - 312
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