Children, Childhood, and Musical Theater

D. Ruwe, J. Leve
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Bringing together scholars from musicology, literature, childhood studies, and theater, this volume examines the ways in which children’s musicals tap into adult nostalgia for childhood while appealing to the needs and consumer potential of the child. The contributors take up a wide range of musicals, including works inspired by the books of children’s authors such as Roald Dahl, P.L. Travers, and Francis Hodgson Burnett; created by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lionel Bart, and other leading lights of musical theater; or conceived for a cast made up entirely of children. The collection examines musicals that propagate or complicate normative attitudes regarding what childhood is or should be. It also considers the child performer in movie musicals as well as in professional and amateur stage musicals. This far-ranging collection highlights the special place that musical theater occupies in the imaginations and lives of children as well as adults. The collection comes at a time of increased importance of musical theater in the lives of children and young adults.
儿童、童年和音乐剧
汇集了学者从音乐学,文学,儿童研究,和戏剧,这卷检查儿童音乐剧挖掘成人怀旧的童年,同时吸引儿童的需求和消费潜力的方式。编撰者的作品范围很广,包括受儿童作家罗尔德·达尔、P.L.特拉弗斯和弗朗西斯·霍奇森·伯内特等人的书籍启发的作品;由罗杰斯和哈默斯坦、莱昂内尔·巴特以及其他音乐剧领军人物创作;或者完全由孩子组成的演员阵容。这部作品集考察了那些传播或使关于童年是什么或应该是什么的规范性态度复杂化的音乐剧。它还考虑了电影音乐剧以及专业和业余舞台音乐剧中的儿童表演者。这个广泛的收藏突出了音乐剧在儿童和成人的想象和生活中占据的特殊地位。这个系列是在音乐剧在儿童和年轻人的生活中越来越重要的时候推出的。
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