West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical

West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical
ISBN-10
0810876663
ISBN-13
9780810876668
Series
West Side Story
Category
Music
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Elizabeth A. Wells

Description

Offers a history of the creation of West Side Story and looks at the musical from a variety of cultural and historical perspectives--from Latin American influences to feminist perspectives to what the work has to say about juvenile delinquency in the 1950s--in a book that includes photos, a timeline, a discography and a cast and crew list.

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