By Steven Cohan
Articles study the musical in terms of its universal shape and conventions, the connection among narrative and spectacle, gender and feminist research, camp construction and reception, stardom, and the illustration of race and ethnicity.
Includes essays by means of: Rick Altman, Lucie Arbuthnot and Gail Seneca, Carol Clover, Steven Cohan, Richard Dyer, Jane Feuer, Patricia Mellencamp, Linda Mizejewski, Shari Roberts, Pamela Robertson, Michael Rogin, Martin Rubin and Matthew Tinkcom.
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