| Description |
1 online resource (x, 271 pages) : illustrations |
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ACLS Humanites E-book |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
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| Contents |
Burlesque, Off Off Broadway, and the birth of the adult musical -- The birth of modern gay theater and the subtext of Company -- The post-Stonewall (and post-Company) gay musical -- The adult musical meets second-wave feminism : mod donna -- Not-so-angry feminist musicals -- Obscenity, "porno chic", and let my people come -- Hell freezes over : the hard-core musical on stage and screen -- Applying contemporary community standards : is it obscene, or merely lewd? -- New York's financial crisis and the adult musical on Broadway |
| Summary |
'Hard Times' examines adult musicals as reflective of the socioeconomic mood of New York City in the 1970s, the socio-sexual mores of the country in the decade following the sexual revolution, and contemporary debates about obscenity and art |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- Broadway & Musical Revue.
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Musicals
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Theater
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New York (State) -- New York
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199979417 |
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0199979413 |
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9780199968107 |
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0199968101 |
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