Hard times the adult musical in 1970s New York City
Title:
Hard times the adult musical in 1970s New York City
Author:
Wollman, Elizabeth L., 1969-
ISBN:
9780199979417
9780199968107
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Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 271 p.) : ill.
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.
Abstract:
'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.
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Electronic Access:
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