Repetition and Difference: Parodic Narration in Kander and Ebb's "The Scottsboro Boys"
Description:
The American musical team John Kander and Fred Ebb created many celebrated works, yet musicologists have carried out little research on those works. This study examines the role of music in the parodic narration of Kander and Ebb's final collaboration, The Scottsboro Boys. Kander and Ebb use minstrelsy to tell the story of the historic Scottsboro Boys trials with actors portraying the Scottsboro Boys as minstrels; at the same time, they employ a number of devices to subvert minstrelsy stereotyp…
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Date:
August 2013
Creator:
Wolski, Kristin Anne
Partner:
UNT Libraries